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Selam & Hello is a show featuring stories of joy and justice from Africa and the diaspora. Produced in Kenya for global audiences - Selam & Hello curates conversations on identity and culture that inform, entertain and uplift.
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Raising Kids Between Two Worlds | Modern African Parenting with Dr. Ben Piper (&Lilly!) (opens the original)
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What does it take to raise four children across two continents, and still like each other at the end of it? In this deeply personal Selam & Hello original, Lilly invites her husband of 27 years, Dr. Ben Piper, into the studio for an honest, funny and tender conversation about modern(ish?) African(ish?) parenting. After 24 years of raising four children and two decades on the continent, the two reflect on what they got right, what they got wrong, and what they are still figuring out. This isn't a
The Politics of Water: Dr. Anna Msigwa on Drought, Climate, and the Future of Food (opens the original)
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#ClimateAction #SelamAndHello #LivingWithTheLand #PoliticsofWater In this final conversation for Selam & Hello's Living With the Land series, Dr. Anna Msigwa traces the path that led her into hydrology, climate adaptation, and agricultural water management. Based at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology in Tanzania and also serving as a Research Associate at the University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center, Anna works at the intersection of water, climate, agr
A Potato for Every Child: Dr. Dinah Borus on Food Security & Africa's Most Underrated Crop (opens the original)
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More than one billion people eat potatoes every day. Yet this familiar crop is often overlooked in conversations about climate resilience, nutrition and Africa's food future. This episode is Part 2 of Living with the Land, a Selam & Hello series in partnership with the Australian High Commission in Kenya. Lilly speaks with agricultural scientist Dr. Dinah Borus, widely known among farmers as "Mama Viazi, "about why the humble potato may be one of the continent's most practical tools for addressi
LIVE! 2026 Nairobi LitFest: Mothers Loom Large (opens the original)
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Recorded live at the 2026 Nairobi LitFest on Mother's Day. What do our mothers give us beyond life? Language. Courage. Silence. Resistance. Sometimes even the freedom to choose a completely different life. Lilly Bekele-Piper sits down with three of today's most celebrated international writers, Safiya Sinclair, Dr. Nick Makoha and Lina Meruane, to explore the complicated inheritance we receive from our families and how literature helps us make sense of it. The conversation moves far beyond mothe
Inside Lilly's Afro-Modern Home (opens the original)
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(This episode is a special collaboration with @African Interiors. FULL episode can be found at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83vTSspY7jg&t=627s) What makes a house feel like home? Today, Lilly welcomes you into her Nairobi home, where Ethiopian heritage, Kenyan life and Pan-African design come together to tell one family's story. Lilly reflects on identity, belonging, creativity and why the objects we surround ourselves with often become the keepers of our history. From handcrafted
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