Catch Me Dreaming
Catch Me Dreaming is a talk series by and for Black African women across the diaspora who are building lives they once imagined. We unpack African storytelling, books, wellness, career growth, entrepreneurship, and the mess and magic of love. Real insights. Real laughter. Real sisterhood. Thursdays at 4 pm SAST.
Episodes
14 episodes
Episode 14: From One Dreamer To Another
This episode is a love note to every dreamer out there. We’re sharing honest advice and encouragement from our own journeys of chasing our dreams. We share the words we wish someone had told us, the reminders that keep us going, and the quiet e...
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Episode 14
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6:55
Episode 13: Healing Words of Black Women's Literature
This week, we’re talking about the books by Black women that cracked us open and put us back together again. From Beloved to Americanah, Nervous Conditions, and In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens, we explore h...
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Episode 13
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7:02
Episode 12: Unpacking Nervous Conditions
This week, we journey through Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions, a novel that gave Black women a voice long before we had the language. We explore how its truths still resonate today, tracing the ways it mirrors our identities, o...
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Episode 12
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15:31
Episode 11: The Untamed African Cinema Lens
In this episode, we talk about African cinema and how cultural images shape us as young Africans.
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Episode 11
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12:15
Episode 10: Re-Writing The African Narrative
In this episode the hosts have a sisterhood conversation about where we've come from as modern Africans, and those who have paved the way before us to set a vision for the future.
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Episode 10
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13:37
Episode 9: Being Vulnerable About Finding Love
The hosts get vulnerable about the challenges of finding love while pursuing their dreams
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Episode 9
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12:04
Episode 8: Dating, Situationships, and the Lessons
From situationships to self-reflection, this episode unpacks how dating can reveal our needs, test our boundaries, and teach us who we’re becoming in the process.
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Episode 8
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6:16
Episode 7: The Wildest Thing I did for Self- Care
From writing our way through burnout to escaping to wine country in France or even starting over in a new country, this episode explores the bold, unexpected ways we care for ourselves when life demands too much. A conversation about choosing s...
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Episode 7
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11:33
Episode 6: Black Women and Self-care
An intimate conversation on what self-care looks like for Black women navigating life away from home — exploring how we can redefine wellness on our own terms, hold space for ourselves, and create care practices that reflect our truths and hist...
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Episode 6
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13:03
Episode 5: Pursuing Your Passion With African Parents
Navigating the tension between following your own dreams and fulfilling the the expectations of African Parents
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Episode 5
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7:44
Episode 4: When You Have to Back Yourself
Phumi takes us through her bold shift from investment banking to filmmaking, exploring the risks, reinvention and deeper calling that led to her storytelling.
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Episode 4
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5:11
Episode 3: When a Dreams Seems Impossible
Denise shares the struggles of finding herself after graduation, the uncertainty,the setbacks, and the resilience that carried her through.
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Episode 3
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6:28