In honour of 2020 Pride Month, The Rustin Times has curated a list of Africa-based Queer podcasts. In the past few years, Queer creators have been a crucial part of entertainment and the arts, bringing the queer narrative to the fore. These podcasts explore every single part of the Queer experience, particularly for black people.
- QueerCity Podcast: QueerCity Podcast is Nigeria’s first, weekly LGBT lifestyle podcast. QueerCity emerged in April 2018, following the need for more representation in the Nigeria media sphere. The podcast, which rose to be the most widespread Nigerian LGBT podcast, is available on over 20 podcasting platforms including Apple and Google podcasts, among others. You can listen to QueerCity podcast on any of your podcast streaming platforms here.
Recommended Episode: Our Killer is a Conversion Therapist - AfroQueer Podcast: Hosted by Selly Thiam, AfroQueer is a podcast from None On Record telling the stories of Queer Africans from across the continent and diaspora. Their podcast celebrates queer love and explores the laws affecting queer lives, migration, media, race, class, censorship, family and sex. The podcast also shares some bitter truths of what it means to be Queer and African, but also spotlight individuals shifting the landscape of African queerness. We wrote about their most recent episode here.
Recommended Episode: How are you doing? - Lesbian Living: Lesbian Living is an alternative podcast show by the LGBT Africa radio for the LBQ community to discuss life’s experience and share thoughts of personal development and growth.
Recommended Episode: Lesbian Living on Dating within the LBQT community. - Hoodrat to Headwrap: A Decolonized Podcast: Hoodrat to Headwrap says they’re “A Decolonized Podcast for lovers on the margins”. Hosted by Ericka Hart and Ebony Donnley, they dismantle white supremacy and kiki in the cosmos somewhere between radical hood epistemological black queer love ethics, pop culture, house plants and a sea of books.
Recommended Episode: Love is Love…Or is it Tho? The Interracial Dating Episode. - Queer Talks: Queer Talks is hosted by Nini. On the show, Nini discusses everything queer, from being out of the closet to being outed by siblings to relationship dramas and heartbreaks.
Recommended Episode: Debunking misconceptions about bisexuality. - HIM: Him Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by four black gay men discussing their lives, love life, what affects them & the Black LGBTQIA Community, against the backdrop of New York City.
Recommended Episode: Can’t Cancel Our Pride. - 30 Something, Black, and Gay: 30 Something, Black, and Gay is a weekly Podcast co-hosted by 4 friends who are “30 Something, Black, and Gay.” Every week the Co-Hosts tackle breakups, makeups, friendship, online dating, and a plethora of other relevant topics with some celebrity gossip and entertainment news sprinkled throughout. These 4 friends are opinionated, witty, insightful, and best of all a little petty!
Recommended Episode: The truth about loneliness. - Food 4 Thot: Food 4 Thot podcast is a podcast discussing SEX, relationships, race, IDENTITY, what they like to read, & WHO they like to read. The podcast’s conception stemmed from a discussion about how literary and intellectual spaces rarely allowed for conversations about things typically considered—well, not so intellectual. We loved talking about queer theory, identity politics, and Ta-Nehisi Coates, but also Mariah Carey’s Vine account, nail polish, and our absolutely filthiest hook-up stories. In a world where those conversations were so often separated, where could one get both?
Recommended Episode: This Episode is Bringing Sexy Back - The Read: The Read is hosted by Crissle West and Kid Fury. Their weekly podcast covers hip-hop and pop culture’s most trying stars. Throwing shade and spilling tea with a flippant and humorous attitude, no star is safe from Fury and Crissle unless their name is Beyoncé.
Recommended Episode: Nice Niggas for What? - The Pride Diaries: The Pride Diaries explores the lives of Queer Africans.
Recommended Episode: Coming Out Stories
What LGBTQ podcast are you listening to?
