The Journey Kwantu

Episod

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  EP55: THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF MARCH AND MARCH PROTESTS | Part 3 05.08.2026 59min

  In this last episode of this series, we meditate on what it means to belong spiritually in a land that is not your home
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  EP54: THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF MARCH AND MARCH PROTESTS | Part 2 30.07.2026 1j 8min

  This is part 2 of a 3 part series and in this episode we travel to a small village in Zimbabwe where we explore how spiritual lineages do not adhere to colonial borders. 
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  EP53: THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF MARCH AND MARCH PROTESTS | Part 1 23.07.2026 55min

  In this 3 part series we are travelling to Zimbambwe to try to understand what the spiritual reality of the anti-immigration protests are.
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  EP43: THE PROBLEM WITH SURNAMES 09.07.2026 1j 28min

  A42 HOUSE MUSEUM hosted us for one of their regular book clubs, and we had an amazing, intimate deep dive into the realities of how surnames came about and the ways, good and bad, they affect our cultural and spiritual identities today.
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  EP51: THE VERY FIRST ISITHUNYWA 11.06.2026 46min

  In this episode, I wanted to trace the origins of what kept coming up in the last series, isithunywa
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  EP50: WHY DO HEALERS START CHURCHES | Part 3 21.05.2026 1j 24min

  In Part 3 of this topic we spend time with the founders and congregants of the Seven Days Adventist Zion Church
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  EP49: WHEN HEALERS START CHURCHES PART2 07.05.2026 1j 35min

  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
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  EP48: WHEN HEALERS START CHURCHES PART1 23.04.2026 1j 38min

  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
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  EP47: HOW THE TOWNSHIP DESTROYED SPIRITUALITY Pt3 05.02.2026 53min

  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
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  EP46: THE TRUTH ABOUT ALCOHOL AND SPIRITUALITY PT2 05.02.2026 47min

  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
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  EP45: THE TRUTH ABOUT ALCOHOL AND SPIRITUALITY PT1 05.02.2026 46min

  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
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  EP44: HOW THE TOWNSHIP DESTROYED SPIRITUALITY Pt2 27.11.2025 1j 17min

  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 academics within the architecture space.  In the previous episode we explored the historical context of African architecture and how it informed how people structured their lives from a cultural and spiritual perspective. In this episode we now delve deep into the origins of township architecture. How it came about. The intention behind it and how the world it created shaped our cultural and spiritual identity. Let’s get into it. 
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  EP43: HOW THE TOWNSHIP DESTROYED SPIRITUALITY | Part 1 18.09.2025 1j 14min

  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 mindset?
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  EP42: SPIRITUAL BURNOUT 06.03.2024 1j 55min

  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 their cloths and called ancestors demons because of spiritual burnout. In some cases the severity can lead to something that resembles a mental illness. […]
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  EP41: When You Doubt Your Spiritual Journey 08.11.2023 1j 38min

  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 doubt everything that we hold as not only true but also important about our beliefs. Can you think of a time in your life when you got to this point? I spoke to Gogo Moyo about how she dealt with the paradigm shifts that she faced in her journey as a Healer, a Gobela as well as one of the most prominent public figures within the spirituality space.
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  EP40: SPIRITUALITY IN A WORLD FALLING APART 14.06.2023 1j
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  EP39: THE JOURNEY KWANTU LIVE 31.05.2023 2j 5min
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  EP38: Into The Ancestral Realm 12.04.2023 9min

  Special Announcement!
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  ep37: Spirituality In The Corporate World Part 2 15.03.2023 55min

  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 spirituality as well as the complexities of spiritual purpose. So I spoke to Gogo Jebhu who spent years in the corporate space and has since transitioned from being an HR practitioner to now being a full-time Gobela.
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  EP36: Spirituality In The Corporate World 01.03.2023 1j 24min

  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 individualized encounters that we have with them in our daily lives. What is strange though is that as African spirituality continues to grow […]