Younified

Performer Farah Elle speaks with Mamobo about the inspiration behind her music and why it was important to her to also sing in Arabic.

Diane Ihirwe, Senior Community-Based Protection Associate with UNHCR Ireland, shares her story and what she thinks about the challenges facing asylum seekers in Ireland today.

Dr Philomena Mullen, Assistant Professor in Black Studies at the Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin, and mums Briana Fitzsimons and Emma Weld-Moore join Mamobo Ogoro to explore their experiences of being part of mixed-heritage families.

In this episode of Younified: our panel explores their experiences of being part of a mixed heritage family; the UNHCR's Diane Ihirwe joins Mamobo to discuss her work; and Libyan-Irish musician Farah Elle shares how her culture influences her creatively.

In The Social Scene, we meet Professor Helen Phelan, the Director of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick, who is behind the Irish World Music Café, who use music as a tool to unify across differences.

Cork lawyer and activist Wuraoluwa Ayodele, who has dedicated her life to challenging gender-based violence, chats to Mamobo Ogoro about her work.

'In an ideal world, our organisations wouldn't exist, everything would already be accessible, everyone would be given equal access and opportunity' - our panel explores whether Irish buildings and transport are accessible enough. Joining Mamobo Ogoro are Gerald Craddock, Chief Officer at the Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, and part of the National Disability Authority; Kevin Kelly of Vision Ireland, who has a large role in The Wayfinding Project and who lost his sight in his early teens; and Adela Buliman from the Inclusion and Accessibility Labs. 

On the latest episode of Younified, we'll be asking are our roads and buildings accessible enough? Our panel joins Mamobo Ogoro to discuss. In What's Your Story, we'll meet Cork lawyer and activist Wuraoluwa Ayodele who has dedicated her life to challenging gender-based violence. And we'll head to Limerick to the Irish World Music Café, who use music as a tool to unify across differences. Younified - supported by Coimisiún na Mean.

Mamobo meets the owner of Izz cafe in Cork to explore what Palestinian dishes are proving a hit in the real capital.

Sacha Dekker explores her journey becoming disabled and her relationship with it now, with Mamobo Ogoro.