Sharing the beauty of Africa
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Sharing the beauty of Africa
I grew up in the suburbs of Kampala, Uganda, with my family. I played games with the neighborhood children, read magazines at school, and listened to the radio my father played in the evenings. When I was younger, my mother would prepare dinner as I sat in the shadows listening to my father’s radio.
There were so many programs I enjoyed listening to, one of which was called "Omwana w'omwami," which translates to the son of a chief. Every evening at 9:00 p.m., the radio host, Lumu Steven, would come on air and tell the history of a particular regime in an East African country. The stories were about how former presidents such as Idi Amin, Milton Obote, and Mobutu Sese Seko, to name but a few, came to power. All of this was intriguing to me.
As I got older, I started enjoying programs on the BBC radio, all of which my father played. The BBC Focus on Africa program was my favorite. Whenever my father tuned into 101.3FM on the radio, the BBC radio clock would count down to the top of the hour, and then the late Komla Dumor would say, “Hello and welcome to BBC Focus on Africa; my name is...”
Together with Sophie Ikenye, Dumor presented the news on major events that happened in Africa in the late 2000s. They covered everything, from the Mali conflict to the 2013 Kenyan elections that were held under a new constitution to the South Sudan conflict. As much as I loved learning about Africa, almost everything I heard on the radio was sad. The stories were about wars, insurgencies, corruption, poverty, and disease. I realized that if all one knows about Africa is from the news, they will most definitely think of it as a place to avoid.
When I was in university, I decided to start my podcast, Zee Humura Show, with the sole purpose of sharing the beauty of Africa with the rest of the world. I wanted to use audio to share the other side, the beauty of Africa. I want to change negative stereotypes about Africa using the Zee Humura Show.
I started the podcast by creating a series on my home country, Uganda. After carrying out research, I curated several episodes on what visiting Uganda is like, ranging from the tourist destinations, the local cuisine, the history, the market places, and even information about the airport. I also created episodes capturing the sounds found in different places within the city. I wanted my audience to realize how comfortable and welcoming it can be to visit Uganda.
In 2020, I decided to cover other parts of the continent. I was ready to use my podcast to showcase the tourism potential of African countries. I picked out 20 African countries, carried out research on them, and made episodes about them. Each episode about an African country covers the country’s history, interesting facts about it, the tourist destinations, and the local cuisine found there.
The 20 African countries that I have covered on my podcast are: Uganda, Egypt, the Seychelles, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Ghana, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Mozambique, Malawi, Botswana, and Angola. In addition to these episodes, I have created episodes about 10 indigenous groups of people found on the continent as well as 10 tourist destinations to visit.
My wish is to receive mentorship and training on how to grow the Zee Humura Show podcast into an impactful platform that influences people’s perceptions of Africa. My wish is to have the Zee Humura Show inspire people to visit Africa, thereby influencing the continent’s tourism industry.
Here is a link to the podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humura-ruth
Here is a link to the website: https://zeehumura.com/
I grew up in the suburbs of Kampala, Uganda, with my family. I played games with the neighborhood children, read magazines at school, and listened to the radio my father played in the evenings. When I was younger, my mother would prepare dinner as I sat in the shadows listening to my father’s radio.
There were so many programs I enjoyed listening to, one of which was called "Omwana w'omwami," which translates to the son of a chief. Every evening at 9:00 p.m., the radio host, Lumu Steven, would come on air and tell the history of a particular regime in an East African country. The stories were about how former presidents such as Idi Amin, Milton Obote, and Mobutu Sese Seko, to name but a few, came to power. All of this was intriguing to me.
As I got older, I started enjoying programs on the BBC radio, all of which my father played. The BBC Focus on Africa program was my favorite. Whenever my father tuned into 101.3FM on the radio, the BBC radio clock would count down to the top of the hour, and then the late Komla Dumor would say, “Hello and welcome to BBC Focus on Africa; my name is...”
Together with Sophie Ikenye, Dumor presented the news on major events that happened in Africa in the late 2000s. They covered everything, from the Mali conflict to the 2013 Kenyan elections that were held under a new constitution to the South Sudan conflict. As much as I loved learning about Africa, almost everything I heard on the radio was sad. The stories were about wars, insurgencies, corruption, poverty, and disease. I realized that if all one knows about Africa is from the news, they will most definitely think of it as a place to avoid.
When I was in university, I decided to start my podcast, Zee Humura Show, with the sole purpose of sharing the beauty of Africa with the rest of the world. I wanted to use audio to share the other side, the beauty of Africa. I want to change negative stereotypes about Africa using the Zee Humura Show.
I started the podcast by creating a series on my home country, Uganda. After carrying out research, I curated several episodes on what visiting Uganda is like, ranging from the tourist destinations, the local cuisine, the history, the market places, and even information about the airport. I also created episodes capturing the sounds found in different places within the city. I wanted my audience to realize how comfortable and welcoming it can be to visit Uganda.
In 2020, I decided to cover other parts of the continent. I was ready to use my podcast to showcase the tourism potential of African countries. I picked out 20 African countries, carried out research on them, and made episodes about them. Each episode about an African country covers the country’s history, interesting facts about it, the tourist destinations, and the local cuisine found there.
The 20 African countries that I have covered on my podcast are: Uganda, Egypt, the Seychelles, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Ghana, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Mozambique, Malawi, Botswana, and Angola. In addition to these episodes, I have created episodes about 10 indigenous groups of people found on the continent as well as 10 tourist destinations to visit.
My wish is to receive mentorship and training on how to grow the Zee Humura Show podcast into an impactful platform that influences people’s perceptions of Africa. My wish is to have the Zee Humura Show inspire people to visit Africa, thereby influencing the continent’s tourism industry.
Here is a link to the podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/humura-ruth
Here is a link to the website: https://zeehumura.com/
