Earlier this year, Hub Cymru Africa and Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel held a photography competition as part of our ongoing "Reframing the Narrative" campaign. It was judged by photographers with links to both Wales and Africa: Takura Aldridge Nyamowa, Glenn Edwards and Justice Kalebe.

In this podcast, Faith Israel, Diaspora and Inclusion Officer at Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel, is joined by Takura Aldridge Nyamowa, one of the photography competition judges. They discuss informed consent and its many facets within photography from the perspective of both small groups and Non-Governmental Organisations.

Takura is an architectural designer and portrait photographer studying in Wales and working in Zimbabwe. He co-founded the SSAP Youth Leadership Network and the Cardiff University Zimbabwean Society, both of which engage African diaspora communities in Wales.

Faith is a diaspora and inclusion officer at SSAP and political thinker interested in the interconnected struggles for liberation and ways of working towards this in the now. They have an academic background in international politics and racialisation and have worked within the international development sector focusing on the African diaspora and their development potential.  In their work at SSAP with HCA they focus on anti-racism, inclusion and leveraging diaspora knowledge within global solidarity. Additionally, they are passionate about political memory, blackness in art and the black British experience.

This is part of the Hub Cymru Africa podcast series that are being recorded with support from the Welsh Government and the FCDO Small Charities Challenge Fund.

More info about the photography competition and informed consent: https://hubcymruafrica.wales/news/photographycompetition2022/

Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel: ssap.org.uk

SSAP Youth Leadership Network: ssap.org.uk/pages/about

Emina Redzepovic, Campaign Coordinator for The Case for Global Solidarity, is joined by SSAP Youth Leadership Network Officer and social justice activist Billy Mazoya, and SSAP Project Coordinator, textile designer and climate justice activist Ophelia Dos Santos.

They discuss Hub Cymru Africa's commissioned research into levels of engagement in Wales with global solidarity, how it compares with their own lived experiences, and the role that social networks can play.

This is part of the Hub Cymru Africa podcast series that are being recorded with support from the Welsh Government and the FCDO Small Charities Challenge Fund.

More info: hubcymruafrica.wales/research-confirms-that-wales-is-a-caring-nation

Full research: hubcymruafrica.wales/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GB-Dashboard-2022_07_04-WALES-MA.pdf

Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel: ssap.org.uk

SSAP Youth Leadership Network: ssap.org.uk/pages/about

Claire O'Shea, Head of Partnership at Hub Cymru Africa, is joined by Aileen Burmeister, Head of Fair Trade Wales, to discuss the importance of Fairtrade amidst a changing climate and a cost of living crisis.

Hub Cymru Africa recently commissioned YouGov and the Development Engagement Lab to conduct research into levels of engagement in Wales with global solidarity. It found that 34% of people in Wales (3% higher than in the rest of Great Britain) have purchased or boycotted goods within the last 12 months based on the product or company’s engagement with global poverty.

This is part of the Hub Cymru Africa podcast series that are being recorded with support from the Welsh Government and the FCDO Small Charities Challenge Fund.

More info: https://hubcymruafrica.wales/research-confirms-that-wales-is-a-caring-nation/

Full research: https://hubcymruafrica.wales/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GB-Dashboard-2022_07_04-WALES-MA.pdf

Fair Trade Wales: https://fairtrade.wales

Emina Redzepovic, Campaign Coordinator for The Case for Global Solidarity, is joined by her Hub Cymru Africa colleague Claire O'Shea, Head of Partnership, who commissioned YouGov and the Development Engagement Lab to research levels of engagement in Wales with global solidarity.

Here, Emina and Claire discuss the research and its findings. They look at the data obtained by YouGov, what it shows about different levels of engagement between Wales and the rest of the UK, and how it could help the global solidarity sector in Wales to develop more effective communication strategies.

This is part of the Hub Cymru Africa podcast series that are being recorded with support from the Welsh Government and the FCDO Small Charities Challenge Fund.

More info: https://hubcymruafrica.wales/research-confirms-that-wales-is-a-caring-nation/

Full research: https://hubcymruafrica.wales/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GB-Dashboard-2022_07_04-WALES-MA.pdf

Cath Moulogo is joined by her Hub Cymru Africa colleague Faith Israel from Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel, who has been exploring the idea of positionality with Tina Ajuonuma from The Better Org and Claire O'Shea from Hub Cymru Africa.

Here, Faith interviews them about their understanding of positionality, how it shapes the attitudes of individuals and organisations, and how it relates to dynamics of power and privilege within the global solidarity sector.

This is part of the Hub Cymru Africa podcast series that are being recorded with support from the Welsh Government and the FCDO Small Charities Challenge Fund.

Guest biography

Tina Ajuonuma is a practitioner and researcher in organisational development and behaviour with nearly 20 years’ experience in the social impact space, with experience working in Africa, Europe and North America. As the Founder and Principal Consultant at The Better Org, Tina provides strategic consulting advice to non-profit and social impact organisations within the areas of anti-racism, DEI, culture change, strategy and planning, project management, operational design and delivery, human resources, organisational learning, and impact evaluation. Tina holds an Executive MBA from Warwick University where she was awarded a distinction grade for her research on Bias in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programmes.

Cath Moulogo is joined by her Hub Cymru Africa colleague Beth Kidd who has been exploring what solidarity means to women and the barriers faced by women and girls with two excellent guests, Sunshine Komusana from Akina Mama Wa Afrika and Joanna Jonas from Nairasha Legal Support.

This is part of a series of podcasts that are being recorded with support from  the Welsh Government’s Wales and Africa Programme.

Cath Moulogo is joined by her Hub Cymru Africa colleague Julian Rosser who has been exploring fundraising in global solidarity projects with Yetunde Fadeyi founder of REES Africa and Vic Hancock Fell from Fair Development and co-director of Raising Futures.

Here, Julian interviews them about their experiences in fundraising for global solidarity projects, working in partnership and the lessons that can be shared.

In the episode, Vic Hancock Fell refers to this TED Talk by Dan Pallota: "The way we think about charity is dead wrong" and this Twitter thread by Gabe Oatley.

This is part of the Springboard series of podcasts that are being recorded with support from the FCDO under the Small Charities Challenge Fund.

Cath Moulogo is joined by her Hub Cymru Africa colleague Hannah Sheppard who has been exploring "working in partnership" with Dominique and Aimee Parker from Blossom Africa.

Here, Hannah interviews them about their experiences and the lessons that can be shared.

This is part of the Springboard series of podcasts that are being recorded with support from the FCDO under the Small Charities Challenge Fund.