The Witch’s Flight with Zama Dube
The Witch’s Flight with Zama Dube
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"The Witch’s Flight: In Search of the Black Femme" is adapted from film Scholar, Kara Keeling's study on cinematic representations of the Black femme. The premise of "The Witch's Flight" is guided by the question; “What does freedom SOUND like?”. Join Zama Dube on a series of sonic experiments framing AMAPIANO as a map to freedom dreams. Drawing from Afro-diasporic soundscapes, Film & Visual Art, "The Witch's Flight brings the museum, the classroom and the club dance-floor to the radio. The Witch’s Flight is a Black Feminist portal to creative possibilities across the African diaspora.
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The podcast focuses on themes such as freedom as expressed through sound, the intersection of Black femininity and art, and Afro-diasporic cultural commentary, highlighted by episodes featuring astrological healing, intimate conversations with filmmakers, and discussions on the impact of amapiano music.
“The Witch’s Flight: In Search of the Black Femme” is adapted from film Scholar, Kara Keeling’s study on cinematic representations of the Black femme. The premise of “The Witch’s Flight” is guided by the question; “What does freedom SOUND like?”. Join Zama Dube on a series of sonic experiments framing AMAPIANO as a map to freedom dreams. Drawing from Afro-diasporic soundscapes, Film & Visual Art, “The Witch’s Flight brings the museum, the classroom and the club dance-floor to the radio. The Witch’s Flight is a Black Feminist portal to creative possibilities across the African diaspora.
On this month’s edition of The Witch’s Flight, Zama Dube is joined by Simphiwe Ndzube. The conversation spans personal biography, grief, sobriety and sourcing from ancestral memory to create a radical visual grammar.
Simphiwe Ndzube is a South African visual artist whose work moves between painting, sculpture, and performance with an unmistakable sense of imagination and political depth. Originally from the Eastern Cape and now based between Cape Town and Los Angeles, Simphiwe draws on magical realism, folklore, and the post-apartheid condition to build entire worlds—what he calls the “Mine Moon” or “Pink Universe.”
His art spills off the canvas, often incorporating second-hand clothes and found objects to explore themes like power, migration, and survival. From solo shows at the Denver Art Museum to major exhibitions in Mexico City, Shanghai, and Joburg, Simphiwe is carving his own lane—unapologetically surreal, grounded in spirit, and rich with Black South African memory.
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