The Journey Kwantu

EP50: WHY DO HEALERS START CHURCHES | Part 3

In Part 3 of this topic we spend time with the founders and congregants of the Seven Days Adventist Zion Church

EP49: WHEN HEALERS START CHURCHES PART2

In this episode, we spend time with Gogo Simenjalo and Gogo Zanemvula, a mother and daughter duo who use components of the Christian church and the bible as part of their healing practice

EP48: WHEN HEALERS START CHURCHES PART1

In this series we are exploring how healers balance African spirituality and Christianity. We will be attending different African Indigenous churches to try to get deeper understanding of this topic

EP47: HOW THE TOWNSHIP DESTROYED SPIRITUALITY Pt3

This 3-part series is an in-depth exploration of the realities of the relationship between alcohol and spirituality in the practice of African culture

EP46: THE TRUTH ABOUT ALCOHOL AND SPIRITUALITY PT2

This 3-part series is an in-depth exploration of the realities of the relationship between alcohol and spirituality in the practice of African culture

EP45: THE TRUTH ABOUT ALCOHOL AND SPIRITUALITY PT1

This 3-part series is an in-depth exploration of the realities of the relationship between alcohol and spirituality in the practice of African culture

EP44: HOW THE TOWNSHIP DESTROYED SPIRITUALITY Pt2

So this is part 2 of the topic of how the township destroyed African spirituality. It’s a conversation that I have been having with Bongisa Msuthu and Lerato Motshabi who are practitioners and…

EP43: HOW THE TOWNSHIP DESTROYED SPIRITUALITY | Part 1

How did the physical structure of the township affect how black people navigated spirituality? Did it help to cultivate a better understanding of our connection to God or did it enforce a detrimental…

EP42: SPIRITUAL BURNOUT

I think spiritual burnout has led many people to make drastic decisions or to misinterpret their experiences. Some people left church because of spiritual burnout. Some people cut their beads, burnt…

EP41: When You Doubt Your Spiritual Journey

The vast majority of us will eventually find ourselves in some form of a crossroads in our spiritual journey. When we get to this point the decisions that we are faced with can sometimes make us…

EP40: SPIRITUALITY IN A WORLD FALLING APART

EP39: THE JOURNEY KWANTU LIVE

EP38: Into The Ancestral Realm

Special Announcement!

ep37: Spirituality In The Corporate World Part 2

But the topic of spirituality in the workplace is still a very broad one in terms of individual experiences and I was curious as to how others have navigated their encounters with spirit and…

EP36: Spirituality In The Corporate World

The nature of African spirituality is such that it involves not just the acknowledgment of the existence of the spiritual realm but also the existence of amadlozi and spiritual forces and the…

EP35 | When Feminism Meets African Spirituality

EP34: DOES CHANGING COUNTRIES AFFECT YOUR SENSE OF IDENTITY PART 2

This episode is a continuation of the topic asking Does changing countries affect your identity? It is part of a series that deals with the question of whether or not our identity affects our…

EP33: DOES CHANGING COUNTRIES AFFECT YOUR SENSE OF IDENTITY

What happens to your identity as a black South African when you no longer live within the socioeconomic or political or even the cultural norms and criminal violence that defines so much of who we…

EP32: How Does Our Identity Affect Spirituality?

So I want to know how does our identity, how does our sense of self affect how we navigate our beliefs and how we respond to the world in general. I want understand specifically how does the way that…

EP31: HOW DOES LANGUAGE AFFECT SPIRITUALITY?

In the process of the change and evolution of our societies, how does language affect our relationship with spirituality? I spoke to Gogo Khanyakude who is a healer, a gobela, and someone that I…