In this session, Africa Brooke courageously addresses the topic of overcoming sexual shame, sharing her journey towards becoming her own best lover. She provides insights on how to embrace self-love and authenticity in intimate settings. Additionally, Africa offers a live demonstration of intimate communication for enhancing connection and understanding in relationships.

In this session, Sabrina delves into the journey of starting S’ABLE Labs, sharing the inspiration and mission behind creating inclusive beauty products that honor African heritage. She also opens up about her personal life, revealing the moment she knew she had met ”the one” and offering her unique perspective on love and relationships.

During this session, Yomi opens up about her dating life and shares her experiences navigating the dating world while maintaining her identity as a ”wholesome babe” who isn’t afraid to delve into writing about sex and intimacy.

Audrey delves into her journey through new motherhood and marriage dynamics in this intimate and engaging session, offering honest and sometimes humorous insights into maintaining a relationship through everyday life.

A funny and frank discussion about sex and dating in Africa.

Kelechi Okafor is an actress, a podcaster, a pole dance studio owner, a mama, and the woman who encourages us all to ‘Say Our Mind.’ She sits down with Malaka to talk about body positivity, the end of relationships, and what an Ayahuasca retreat in the Amazon jungle taught her about unconditional love.

In a wide-ranging chat about creativity, tradition, patriarchy and pleasure, Wanuri also shares the hot African film moment that set her on this path, and why it matters.

In today’s episode, listeners invite you into their bedrooms. Ami questions what dating actually means, and asks herself whether she’s ready to activate her ‘ho phase.’ Jessica has a sexy shower and reminisces about a lost love. Sexual honesty helps Selma move past assault. And Bridget was all ready for her own ‘ho phase’ world tour, until a surprise encounter with ‘Black Jesus’ in Kenya.  Listen to the celebration, challenges, heartbreak and happiness that sex brings.

“I think some of the fear is that you have to have all the answers.” Jet Setting Jasmine says. “Let’s bust that myth right there.”  Being a sex positive parent might seem like a big task, but if you listen to this podcast right now “after you heard what the title is, you are already on that journey.” Nana Darkoa and Malaka speak to licensed clinical psychotherapist and sex worker, Jet Setting Jasmine, and mother and daughter duo, Ilse and Rebecca Oppelt, to learn more about the journey to inter-generational, open and honest conversations about sex, sexuality, and intimacy.

Yvonne Orji is an actress, comedienne, author, karaoke queen, and if sanctified stripper was a real job title she says, “I could been out here living my best Chocolate Testimony life? That would be my stripper name,” she jokes. “I would be dropping it low and dropping the Word.” As a committed Christian, Yvonne is waiting until marriage to have sex. She tells Malaka why the wait is sexy; explains why conversations about abstinence and celibacy are so important, and shares a sexy secret!

’Feminist Giant’ Mona Eltahawy fights shame by voicing the quiet stuff out loud. As she deals with the menopause, she says ‘instead of the monthly shedding of the lining of my uterus, I’ve been monthly shedding the patriarchal fuckery I’ve been socialized in.’ She talks about strength, celibacy and the importance of moisturizing your vagina.

In a new occasional series, Malaka invites one of her besties - Ghanaian actress and celebrity Lydia Forson - to share all the things about single and married life that they haven’t spoken about before.

Irish-Nigerian author, singer and actor Obioma Ugoala has experienced fetishization and prejudice. He discusses the promise and pain of Black masculinity and sexuality in his book ‘The Problem with my Normal Penis.’ The paperback version was released with the new title, ‘The Making of a Man (and why we’re so afraid to talk about it.) hoping the book and conversation will help his children “grow up in a world where they’re doing things differently.”

In this conversation, Oloni questions the lack of research into female sexuality, explains how to feel comfortable enough to demand better sex, brands Black-British culture the ‘kings of situationships,’ and shares how her partners feel about her work.

Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women Podcast is live on May 23rd, 7:30pm at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. Join host Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah  and Malaka Grant on stage with Oloni, the sexpert author; actress, director, author Kelechi Okafor; and comedian and author Insecure’s own Yvonne Orji as they explore African women’s experiences of sex, sexuality, pleasure, and so much more.Join us for an extraordinary evening of storytelling as we bring the captivating narratives from our podcast to the stage.Limited tickets are availableCheck https://tourlink.to/AFTBOAW  or visit @aqstudiospodcasts Instagram to get your tickets

We are excited to announce that Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women has been nominated for a Webby People's Voice Award in the Podcasts: Best co-host category. This is a huge honor and we are grateful for the recognition. Voting for the Webby People's Voice Award is now open and will close on April 20th, 2023. We would appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to cast your vote for Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women. Your support would mean the world to us and would help to amplify the voices of African women. To vote, simply click this link or visit the Webby Awards website and find the Podcasts: Best co-host category. Then, look for Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women and click on the "Vote" button. It's that easy! Thank you for your support and for helping to elevate the stories of African women.

In this final episode of the season, Nana Darkoa and Malaka bring together a fabulous panel of sex and relationship ‘semi’-experts to answer your questions about sex and relationships.

“Pleasure is critical.” Zimbabwean master of all trades, Tapiwa Guzha, tells us.  In this episode, Malaka and Nana Darkoa ask you to slow down the pace and catch your breath as Tapiwa and Namibian artist and tantric coach Nakashwa Julia ya Hango talk us through how to curate and celebrate a session of self-pleasure. “When I'm finding myself in that place of, ‘I'm feeling really emotional or angry,’ then I love to set up a little space for myself to channel this energy,”  Julia explains. “I think pleasure is such a healing pathway.” Malaka Grant and Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah host the Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women Podcast. Frederica Boswell is the Senior Producer. Fatima Derby is our Associate Producer. Written by Wana Udobang. Audio editors are Mercy Barno and Tevin Sudi. Malaka Grant and Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah are Executive Producers. The Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women Podcast is a production of AQ Studios in partnership with Masi Media. Mercy Githaiga is our studio administrator and Selly Thiam is the AQ Studios CEO.  Our theme music is Damn by Ria Boss and music from this episode comes from Bluedot Sessions. Find Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women anywhere you get your podcasts, and in pursuing all things sex, sexuality, and pleasure, follow us on all our social media platforms @adventuresfrom. Engage with us on: Instagram Twitter Our website  

“That thing changed my life, and my expectations as far as sex is concerned,” Shazz Nderitu, a Kenyan comedian and blogger at queendom.blog admits about kink. So, in this episode, Nana Darkoa and Malaka are encouraged to bring elements of kink into their bedrooms, as connoisseurs share their experiences and shatter stereotypes about BDSM.   As our hosts explore contradictions, care and consent within the kink world, they discuss its racial dynamics, and the difficult histories that whips and chains might bring up for Black people, and learn about the power and pleasure of after care. “Even in regular-degular-vanilla-white-bread sex, I had never seen anyone take care of a sexual partner in that way,” Shazz says. “It totally f***ed with me in a beautiful way.” Malaka Grant and Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah host the Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women Podcast. Frederica Boswell is the Senior Producer. Fatima Derby is our Associate Producer. Written by Wana Udobang. Audio editors are Mercy Barno and Tevin Sudi. Malaka Grant and Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah are Executive Producers. The Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women Podcast is a production of AQ Studios in partnership with Masi Media. Mercy Githaiga is our studio administrator and Selly Thiam is the AQ Studios CEO.  Our theme music is Damn by Ria Boss and music from this episode comes from Bluedot Sessions. Find Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women anywhere you get your podcasts, and in pursuing all things sex, sexuality, and pleasure, follow us on all our social media platforms @adventuresfrom. Engage with us on: Instagram Twitter Our website

A decade ago, Nana Darkoa wrote ‘How can you tell when a woman orgasms?’ for the Adventures blog. It remains one of the most popular posts to date. So, in this episode, Nana and Malaka dig into the mystery and mystique of the orgasm. “It just feels like something's bubbling under, and then there's an explosion of pleasure,” Kenyan sex educator Kaz says. “It's a Hiroshima of pleasure.”     We’re talking about everything from science to screaming, politics to peeing. And most importantly, women share what the big O feels like…and give their tips on how to achieve it. Malaka Grant and Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah host the Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women Podcast. Frederica Boswell is the Senior Producer. Fatima Derby is our Associate Producer. Written by Wana Udobang. Audio editors are Mercy Barno and Tevin Sudi. Malaka Grant and Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah are Executive Producers. The Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women Podcast is a production of AQ Studios in partnership with Masi Media. Mercy Githaiga is our studio administrator and Selly Thiam is the AQ Studios CEO.  Our theme music is Damn by Ria Boss and music from this episode comes from Bluedot Sessions. Find Adventures From the Bedrooms of African Women anywhere you get your podcasts, and in pursuing all things sex, sexuality, and pleasure, follow us on all our social media platforms @adventuresfrom. Engage with us on: Instagram Twitter Our website