• Her bold decision to quit her corporate job just two weeks ago to pursue music full-time after years of juggling both careers
• The story behind her album "Gikundiro" (meaning "highly favored") and how she's using her voice as an instrument of healing
• Her powerful performance at the 30th commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi, and the responsibility she feels to use music for peace and healing
• Navigating the challenges of being an independent female artist in Rwanda's evolving creative industry
• How her faith helps her overcome creative blocks, including regular visits to Saint Dominique Chapel for inspiration
• The reality of being a "one-person band" - managing everything from PR to performance as an emerging artist
• Her powerful message to young artists: "Nothing is unattainable. Be patient, but keep believing in your dreams."

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Connect with Christiane:

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Curator & Host: Aya Chebbi

Producer: Omom Mbu-Ogar

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• Lisa reveals how she used dance as her "superpower" to avoid bullying in boarding school, eventually becoming an entertainment prefect
• The viral uniform dance video that got her suspended but inadvertently helped change perceptions about dance in Ghana
• Breaking into a male-dominated dance style while staying true to herself and challenging gender norms
• How COVID-19 transformed the dance industry in Ghana and created new opportunities for artists
• Her pride in achieving financial independence through dance at a young age, including buying her own car
• Balancing family expectations (coming from a family of bankers) with her passion for dance
• Her views on marriage, relationships, and focusing on personal growth at her age
• Future aspirations including choreographing for international brands and advancing her education

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Connect with Lisa:

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For collaboration and sponsorships contact podcast@nalafem.org

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Curator & Host: Aya Chebbi

Producer: Omom Mbu-Ogar

Graphic Designer & Audio engineer.: Kenechukwu Nwachukwu

Music License Agreement signed for the Use of ‘Fire’ by Mpho featuring MiDi KwaKwa

In this episode, we openly talk politics in Namibia and the rise of the youngest minister in Africa. Emma shares about her childhood, the ever changing ICT sector and digital economy, Palestinians right to self determination and she also shares her gratitudes affirmations and haircare routine. She is an orchids lover.

Emma believes " The political space has written rules and unwritten rules, silent expectations and loud expectations. It is easy to go with the crowd and what others believe its true. But it important that constantly I make decision that I believe in."

On female leadership she believes "Women show up everyday. Women are good enough to raise Presidents, Kings and Leaders but we’re not good enough to be those leaders ourselves? Make it make sense!" she continues "There aren’t many of us in this country, on the continent or in the world. We, young women, are also here and we deserve a seat at the table."

She has been helping girls code and reducing cost of data, donating laptops to schools and community centres as well as passing bills in Parliament on reduction and removal of tax on sanitary pads. She also advocated for paid Internships which was adopted by finance ministry.

On being part of Nalafem Collective she says " Being part of a Pan-African feminist movement on the continent like Nalafem is an energy booster that validates our feelings of the lack of compassionate grief and that we’re not alone, let's get back to work. This makes Nalafem necessary"

Her dinner table would surly have Former President of Liberia , Ellen Johnson Sirelaf and Former Deputy Prime Minister of Namibia, Libertine Amathila.

Worlds of Wisdom from Emma:

• Inform yourself
• Understand how systems operate
• Show up! Be seen! Make your voice heard
• Your don’t have to know all the answers but have a spirit of a learner
• Continuously be authentic

Book recommendation: Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by by John Gray

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Learn more about the Africa Young Women Beijing+25 Manifesto and how you can help the young women of Africa create a better life for future generations.

nalafem.org/manifesto

For collaboration and sponsorships contact aya@nalafem.org