Exploring how culture shapes our lives through stories, conversations, and everyday experiences.
Many Voices, One Table
In this episode of Tradition Café, Ana sits down with Wendy Aris, host of Dis A Fi Mi History Podcast, for a powerful conversation about Caribbean genealogy, Jamaican family history, ancestral records, oral history, and the emotional side of researching your roots. Wendy shares how researching her Jamaican family history began with a medical question and grew into an …
What does Black art mean to Oakland—and why does community matter so deeply in the creative process? In this episode of Tradition Café, I sit down with Art of the African Diaspora curators Eric Murphy and Yolanda Cotton Turner to talk about Oakland culture, Black art, memory, healing, and the power of bringing artists and communities together. We discuss the …
A painting of someone pulling the moon out of orbit might sound like fantasy—until you hear the artist explain the symbols, the technique, and the lived history behind it. In this episode of Tradition Café, I’m joined by George Bernard III, a Bay Area portrait artist whose work draws from African diaspora identity, spiritual traditions, and …
These short reels offer a first glimpse of artist conversations created for the Art of the African Diaspora Satellite Show. Join us at the exhibition on March 21 to see longer excerpts, with full interviews coming to the Tradition Café podcast in April.
As the creator and host of Tradition Café, I often collaborate with other podcasters and cultural storytellers who are exploring history, identity, and heritage through conversation. One of those collaborations was my guest appearance on the Dis A Fi Mi History Podcast hosted by Wendy Aris. When I first launched Tradition Café, I spent a …
I started Tradition Café because I’m curious about people and where we come from. Every conversation is a chance to sit down with someone and talk about heritage, identity, and the traditions that shape our lives. The show is still new, so being nominated for the Women’s Podcaster Awards in the Society & Culture category, …
I’m excited, proud, and deeply honored to share that I was invited to collaborate with Studio 23 for the 3rd Annual Art of the African Diaspora Satellite Exhibition. This opportunity feels like a natural extension of the work I love most: uplifting personal history, celebrating cultural memory, and creating space for artists to tell their …
If you’ve ever felt split between worlds and cultures, searched for your place, or recognized love without needing translation, this story is for you. I was born and raised in South Dakota by Dominican parents (yup, you read that right), growing up between languages, traditions, and ways of being that didn’t always fit neatly into …
In the much awaited part two of our OwlSnake interview, we explore two-spirit balance, the difference between soul and spirit, and a grounded understanding of divine counterparts over trend-driven “twin flames.” Music becomes medicine as OwlSnake builds and plays a frame drum, sharing tools, ceremony, and a call to remember who we are. • soul …
OwlSnake is a Two-Spirit medicine person, a hollow bone for Spirit, and a way-shower. She comes from a long line of healers and learned early on that she could receive messages from her ancestors and guide others toward deeper self-understanding. In this opening episode of Season 2, Ana welcomes OwlSnake into the Tradition Café for …
