On Finding Your Voice As An African Woman (w/ Yar and Amek Barkeui)

In this episode, I had the opportunity to speak with two lovely sisters, Yar and Amek, and we discussed what it means to find your voice as an African woman. In the process, we highlighted so many of our similar experiences as African women even though we are from different parts of the Continent and different ethnic and cultural groups. We talked about why women are pressured into marriage once they get in their 20s and 30s, what it means to be a "good woman", and why we as African women feel that much of our existence is based on living for others and not ourselves and what we are doing to change some of these things for the future generation. Yar also shared why she started her platform, The Women of the Sudans.  You may follow her at: www.facebook.com/TheWomenOfTheSudans, or on Instagram: @yara_b_b @the_women_of_the_sudans ---------------------------- Leave us a voice message: anchor.fm/bldgafricasfuture/message Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildingafricasfuture Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/buildingafricasfuture Follow us on Instagram: @buildingafricasfuture   Contact us via email: buildingafricasfuture@gmail.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel: BAF - Conversations from the Diaspora Please subscribe and share with friends. I look forward to hearing from you. Check us out on your favorite podcast platform, as well as Facebook and YouTube.  . . . . #southsudanese #thewomenofthesudans #ssudanese #africanwomen #feminism #womensrights #nilotic #africanidentity #africandiaspora  #immigrant #firstgenimmigrant #secondgenimmigrant #anchorpodcasts #podcasts #spotify #applepodcasts #itunes #afrocentric #BAF #buildingafricasfuture #conversationsfromthediaspora --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app">https://anchor.fm/app</a> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bldgafricasfuture/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/bldgafricasfuture/support" rel="payment">https://anchor