How do you react when a project you made in the room and botched peaks on number 2 on I tunes... close to John Legend... So close you can smell the cologne his song is wearing. I speak with musician and producer Rigga on his musical journey and his recording house, Chumbani (Kiswahili for room)

Other conversation here speak on the legendary Hip Hop Outfit Kalamashaka, 

artists Wendy Kay: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI7Z-a4TiQyu_VPJrnL4l6g

Lisa Oduor Noah: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCANR4fKrcR8oAny5yRFSPVA

Nasara The Poet: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nasarathepoet

Yung Nnoiz,, rapper and award winning beat boxer: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrYUNGNNOIZ

Noel Nderitu: https://www.youtube.com/user/Noelnderitu

Webi: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsOejAcwgbYsC_VH836g4Dw

among others.

Soundtrack music by award winning Kenyan musician Robbie Omol

Hi, thank you so much for your constant support for the podcast. Do feel free to send me your views on the conversations via the messages option. I have been on a 2 week break but will share a new episode this Saturday and next featuring two Kenyan creatives with work beyond their borders. Listen in to hear a snippet of what to expect.

In the first episode of this podcast, I get to have a short Zoom conversation with Kenyan educator and fellow creative Dr. Wandia Njoya as we discuss how to break free from creative fear as well as how to identify and name the spaces and environments that propagate fear into our lives. 

Do you have that thing you've wanted to give to the world but you just keep overthinking or doubting yourself? Well, this episode is for you. The context, inasmuch as it speaks heavily on Kenyan creatives, fully applies to creatives all over the world.

Music.

Robbie Omol as well as:

Mellow Out by Ghostrifter Official https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-of...

Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0

Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/l-mellow-out

Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/BAUj8SX36Ns

&

Track: Good Evening — Amine Maxwell 

[Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/2BEJUXf_U38

Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/good-evening

Dr. Wandia Njoya's 

website: https://www.wandianjoya.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmnjoya?s=20

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wandia.njoya 

Article on James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni: https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/04/james-baldwin-nikki-giovannis-dialogue/

After years of living in the fear of "not being good enough," - something that cripples many people, limiting them from living out fully and purposefully, I'm finally putting fear aside to start this podcast.

A little bit about me: I am from Nairobi, Kenya. I love Poetry, Neo Soul, Hip Hop, Reggae and Jazz music. Other than those, I'm pretty eclectic. 

I'm an ambivert afraid of heights whose wife threatens him with the gruesome thought of sky diving so if one day you hear I'm missing, I'm probably hiding out somewhere to avoid being that close to the sky.

Lastly, I'm on a journey to getting back the best of me so that I can help others get the best of themselves. Bear with me and if it's alright, grow with me. 

This is huge for me after so many years of a complicated relationship with creativity and media (you'll hear the CRAZY stories here) but I'm committed. Thank you for coming. Thank you for staying.

Love,

David.