What's Up With - Reine?

Yassine and Reine speak on being raised in poverty, surrounded by drugdealers and dealing with police forces on the daily. In this three-part episode, we go into detail of Yassine’s life and how he went from trenches to law school, the United Nations and being a representative for the community when it comes to police brutality. 

Stay tuned for part two and three.

Enjoy! 

Eva, Kristof and Reine talk about the intriguing non-fictional book ‘Een Verzwegen Leven’ - ‘A Silenced Life’. A story on the Brussels-based Belgian-Congolese family, Kamanda, healing intergenerational trauma’s and answers to many questions of François Kamanda’s life.

It all started with a black and white photo of a mixed Belgian-Congolese couple in 1942 in Brussels, François and Lucienne’s marital photo.

Eva Kamanda, the great-granddaughter of François Kamanda, starts a quest to her family history. In real Sherlock Holmes’ style, she and her boyfriend Kristof Bohez experience several revelations on how her personal family story is intertwined with Belgium’s national history during the colonial period and the world wars.

Find out how they discover that the famous Brussels painter, Henri Logelain - aka ‘brother of’, portrayed François Kamanda. And why the portrait was kept in the archives of the most famous colonial museum in European history.

Listen to how Eva’s great-grandfather’s life uncovered a part of a silenced Belgian history. And why Eva and Kristof urge the Congolese diaspora to tell and document their own (family) history.

A heartfelt thank you to all the mamies, papies, tantines, tontons and yayas that have contributed to this book by sharing their own lifestories.

Also a special mention for asbl Bakushinta for commemorating Congolese heroes who fought a fight that was never theirs during WWI and WWII.

https://www.facebook.com/bakushinta/

Hadisa and Reine speak on deviating from the classic life path. How do you become successful after being kicked out of school multiple times? And realising school and 9 to 5's are not your cup of tea. What defines a successful life anyways?  Enjoy a feel-good conversation with a 'wild child' turned into a businessowner, tv-personality, dedicated mom and wife.

More info about Estate of Mind Real estate agents - https://www.hadisasuleyman.com/.

Marleen and Reine get candid about the food industry and how it influences bad health decisions.

No mambo jambo about BIO food, but concrete pointers on how to stay healthy in a world where sugar is more easily consumed than water.

As a nutritionist, biohacking naturopath, orthomolecular hormone specialist  and the founder of Repeat Health, Marleen is committed to analyse every client’s health into detail and provide adequate advices.

Repeat Health not only helps you fight chronic diseases, lose weight, etc. But sets you up for a lifetime of healthy repeated behavior that can counter any health issues.

On repeathealth.com and @repeathealth (Instagram) you can find easy recipes and free health advise.

Also check out the following podcast and books with great insights on overall habits that affect our health:

A big thank you, Marleen, for sharing your wisdom with us.

Shout out to Anne-Sophie Chioma Opera for the graphic and Zeity Gomes for the beat! 

Uwera and Reine have a conversation about her personal experience as a transracial adoptee from Rwanda to Belgium. We analyse and answer several questions that come to mind. Such as: should it be illegal to adopt children internationally? Why aren't adoptees grateful? What to do when young adoptees have an identity crisis and wish they were white? And why aren't adoptive parents legally binded to preserve the cultural heritage of the child?

A big thank you, Uwera, for being so open and honest about your lifestory.

Shout out to Anne-Sophie Chioma Opara for the graphic and Zeity Gomes for the beat!

Welcome!