Listen To Your Footsteps

Donovan Goliath has built a career out of saying “yes” to his curiosity – from comedy stages and Netflix campaigns to design studios, cameras and a 365‑day make‑and‑share project. In this deeply reflective conversation, we slow everything down and unpack what actually sits behind that restless output.​
We talk about the multihyphenate struggle to find a stable “why”, how childhood rejection and art‑school doubt still shape his drive, and why he keeps gravitating towards ordinary moments with a quiet twist. Donovan opens up about beating procrastination with daily deadlines, using analog notebooks and Post‑it notes to simplify ideas, and resisting the pull of algorithms and metrics when they start to define his value.​
Along the way, we explore journaling as a creative practice, the power of limiting your tools and inspirations, and the hard questions around legacy: what your kids will really remember, and how podcasts, photos and books become the archives our families inherit. If you’ve ever felt torn between too many creative lanes – or wondered whether any of it really matters – this episode will sit with you for a long time.​
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Nomadic childhood. Eight schools in twelve years. Bucket baths in the village, champagne in the city. Kojo sits with African luxury strategist, Matte BLK co-founder and Africa on Luxury podcast host Buyi Mafoko to explore how a life built on movement, matriarchs and education shaped her ability to belong anywhere.​
Buyi talks about money as a means to freedom, the pressure of being “the successful one” in a Black family, and redefining luxury as ease and the luxury of choice – the power to choose your work, pace and environments without betraying where you come from. They dive into parenting Black boys, reparenting themselves and how a new generation is forcing African luxury brands to centre ethics, sustainability and human dignity.​
Listen, follow and leave a review to help more people discover African stories about work, culture and becoming – and go subscribe to Africa on Luxury wherever you get your podcasts.
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Dr Athambile Masola is a writer, poet, researcher and lecturer whose work centres Black women’s histories, reading and education in South Africa. In this episode she traces her journey from a childhood upended by her mother’s mental illness to finding anchors in school, church and the written word, reflecting on how journalling and poetry became a way to witness chaos and grief.​
We dive into South Africa’s reading crisis, overcrowded classrooms, mother‑tongue bilingual education and the “inequality of experience” between public and private schools, as well as the invisible emotional labour teachers carry as the “aunties and uncles of the world”. Athambile also grapples with phones, AI and attention, asking what is lost when we outsource thinking instead of doing the slow work of reading and writing for ourselves.
Dr Athambile Masola – links:
UCT profile: https://humanities.uct.ac.za/department-historical-studies/people-academic-staff/dr-athambile-masola​

Poetry collection Ilifa: http://uhlangapress.co.za/athambile-masola-ilifa​

The Conversation articles: https://theconversation.com/profiles/athambile-masola-1289114

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Born in Eswatini, raised in New York, and now shaping how the world hears Africa – Nkosiyati 'Yati' Khumalo's journey from third-culture kid to GQ South Africa's first Black editor-in-chief globally, Apple Music Africa editorial lead and founding Editor-in-Chief of Billboard Africa is a masterclass in curiosity, resilience and reinvention.
In this conversation, Yati opens up about growing up between worlds, losing his mother at eighteen, and rebuilding his life in South Africa with no safety net and no formal pipeline. He reflects on the chameleon work of adapting to every room, and asks the harder question underneath it all:
"How do I get back to being green?"
We move through the GQ years – Black dandyism, aspirational media and the tension of representing a complex, majority Black readership under an international franchise – before arriving at the music. From Apple Music playlists to Billboard Africa charts, Yati speaks about why African stories must be told by African voices:
"We don't have to wait for someone to come shine the light on us. We can do it."
This is a conversation about home, grief, masculinity, curiosity and the unbound potential of African creativity.
"It's a challenge and a privilege to be that bridge."
If you have ever felt in between cultures, careers or versions of yourself – this one is for you.
Connect with Nkosiyati 'Yati' Khumalo:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/yatikhumalo

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/nkosiyatik

Billboard Africa: www.africa.billboard.com

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In this conversation, South African composer, singer, songwriter and visual artist Asanda “Msaki” Lusaseni opens up about what it really takes to catch songs between worlds while keeping your heart soft and your life intact. She traces her journey from an academic, sports driven Eastern Cape childhood and an unfinished fine art degree to leaving university, building her own label and learning the business side so she could protect the soul of her songs.​
Msaki speaks about independence as a spiritual and structural choice, why she now sees the music value chain as a circular diagram, and how Out Black Continuum and Similar Life retreats were born from her own needs as a burnt out artist searching for overflow again. She shares how motherhood, homeschooling and creative wellness forced her to redraw boundaries with touring, and why she refuses the idea that artists “owe” constant performances to anyone.​
We dive into songwriting camps in Los Angeles and Nashville, the mentorship of writers like Dan Wilson, and her dream of building a real songwriting infrastructure on the continent. Along the way she unpacks collaboration, genre fluid performance, the “jack of all trades” label, and what it means to sing the same essential song through music, poetry, diagrams and community spaces.​
If you are an independent creative, a parent in the arts or simply someone trying to make honest work without losing yourself, this episode offers language, tools and quiet courage for your own journey.
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