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Ubuntu Voices

Ajak Kwaiwww.3cr.org.au
Giving voice to the local African community to tell their stories through music and spoken word. Challenging one-sided political narratives that deny our contribution to society and create hostility toward our community. ENGLISH, DINKA, NUER, ARABIC
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Episodes

African Blues 09/07/2025

Blues exclusive, from all around the African continent, enjoy! Track #1 - A Baru In New York (Flume Soundtrack Version) by Yolanda Be Cool & GurrumulTrack #2 - Wiyathul by GurumulTrack #3 - We Won't Cry (feat. Paul Kelly) by Archie RoachTrack #4 - Sekou Oumarou by Songhoy BluesTrack #5 - Savane by Ali Farka ToureTrack #6 - Bonheur by Vieux Farka ToureTrack #7 - Talikoba by TerakaftTrack #8 - Felenko Yefe by Momo Wandel SoumahTrack #9 - Asco by Ali Farka Toure

Jul 09, 2025

Ben Harper & Others 02/07/2025

Hello everyoneThis broadcast, Ajak plays a lot of Ben Harper and a lot of bluesy grooves, both funky and solemn, plus a beautiful tune by Labi Siffre, enjoy! Track #1 - In the Colors by Ben Harper & The Innocent CriminalsTrack #2 - Fight Outta You by Ben Harper & The Innocent CriminalsTrack #3 - Walk Away (Live) by Ben Harper & The Innocent CriminalsTrack #4 - If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) by The Staple SingersTrack #5 - When I go by Ben Harper & Charlie MusselwhiteTrack #6 -...

Jul 02, 2025

Ubuntu Classics and Good Jams 18/06/2025

Hello Everyone!Ajak plays some simply good shit, and some Ubuntu Voices classics.Relax and Enjoy Track #1 - We Sing by Kutcha EdwardsTrack #2 - I Wish I knew How It Would Feel to Be Free by Nina SimoneTrack #3 - Sinnerman by Nina SimoneTrack #4 - South Sudan Diva by Lul SimonTrack #5 - Ebenezer by Amvu VictoriaTrack #6 - Malaika by AlijomaTrack #7 - Yic Thiek Du (feat. Alijoma) by Mike DeeTrack #8 - Pinynhom by Arizona JJTrack #9 - Feeling Good by Nina SimoneTrack #10 - Fever by Peggy LeeTrack #...

Jun 18, 2025

Nina Simone & More 11/06/2025

Hello!Ajak shares some beautiful music and talks about the idea of complete inclusion with issues such as domestic violence and racial injustice, and the bonding, calming effect that music can have.Track #1 - Ain't Got No - I Got Life by Nina SimoneTrack #2 - The Essence by Hannah MacklinTrack #3 - Home Again by Michale KiwanukaTrack #4 - Uknown Track by Unknown ArtistTrack #5 - Tell It Like It Is by Nina SimoneTrack #6 - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood by Nina SimoneTrack #7 - I Get Along Without...

Jun 11, 2025

Spiritual Music from South Sudan 04/06/2025

Hello!Tonight we are privy to have the guest Pasto Joseph of ECG Church joining Ajak Kwai to discuss the doctrine and teachings of his church and the work he and his church have been doing in community. Enjoy! Track #1 - Ebenezer by Amvu VictoriaTrack #2 - Ana Bi Shukuru Allah by Jcc ChoirTrack #3 - Barakole Ta Tu Da by Barakole

Jun 04, 2025

Good Music 21/05/2025

Hello!Ajak plays some amazing music from South Sudan and discusses the Arabic ancestry of the Sudanese and the incredibally diverse population of Sudan as a country. Track #1 - Salomi by AlijomaTrack #2 - Reasons by Slatine ProTrack #3 - Unknown Track by Unknown ArtistTrack #4 - Unknown Track by Unknown ArtistTrack #5 - South Sudan by Gordon KoangTrack #6 - Unknown Track by Unknown ArtistTrack #7 - Ashofak Bokra Fi El Mouaad by Mohammed al AminTrack #8 - Who Knows Where the Time Goes by Sandy De...

May 21, 2025

South Sudan!!! 30/04/2025

This broadcast is dedicated solely to music from South Sudan, enjoy! Track #1 - South Sudan Diva by Lul SimonTrack #2 - Unknown Track by Unknown ArtistTrack #3 - Girlfriend by RugerTrack #4 - Adheng Malual (feat. Small Engine) by Morocco BoyTrack #5 - Tonjdit by Mathuch Bak DengTrack #6 - Dhuengdu (feat. Anyaryol Mathiang) by Slatine ProTrack #7 - Adhueng Machar by Queen of VoiceTrack #8 - Tiktok Life by King SahaTrack #9 - Unknown Track by Unknown ArtistTrack #10 - Unknown Track by Unknown Arti...

Apr 30, 2025

Variety En Masse 23/04/2025

Welcome!Ajak Kwai plays a wide variety of tracks, spanning genre and nationality, and validates the lyrics of Solomon Burke, 'If one of us is chained, then none of us are free.' Enjoy Track #1 - Dance by LARRY GERSH AND MIKE BANDTrack #2 - Everyman by LARRY GERSH AND MIKE BANDTrack #3 - Little Maggie by Robert PlantTrack #4 - Tiene Sabor by Orquesta SensacionTrack #5 - Cammina Cammina by Piers Faccini & Vincent SegalTrack #6 - Kili by LARRY GERSH AND MIKE BANDTrack #7 - Your Good Fortune by ...

Apr 23, 2025

Folk, Soul & Freak 26/03/2025

HelloThis broadcast features folk music from a variety of artists, as well as some soul from Nina Simone and other eclectic pieces which refuse categorisation, enjoy!Track #1 - Home Again by Michael KiwanukaTrack #2 - Into My Arms by Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsTrack #3 - Who Knows Where The time Goes by Nina SimoneTrack #4 - Hurricane by Bob DylanTrack #5 - The Healer by John Lee Hooker & Carlos SantanaTrack #6 - In the Colours by Ben Harper & The Innocent CriminalsTrack #7 - Tell It L...

Mar 26, 2025

Ubuntu Voices 12/03/2025

Womin DjekaAjak plays some bops and some tunes from all over the world, while sharing her knowledge of Sudan and it's people. Enjoy!Track #1 - Unknown Track & ArtistTrack #2 - Unknown Track & ArtistTrack #3 - Nasir Ewecda by Kim JJTrack #4 - Ghost Town by WurlDTrack #5 - Mariam (feat. Idan Raichel) by Vieux Farka ToureTrack #6 - In The Colors by Ben Harper & The Innocent CriminalsTrack #7 - Walls by TRI-ForceTrack #8 - Blowin' In The Wind by Bob Dylan Track #9 - Hurricane by Bob Dyla...

Mar 12, 2025

African Jams 19/02/2025

Womin Djeka!Ajak plays a wide array of music from all over the African continent. Enjoy!Track #1 - Daymallah (feat. Rachid Zeroual, Khalid Kouhen, Paolo Radoni & Marc Lelangue) by Majid BekkasTrack #2 - Kanafo (feat. Bassidi Kone & Quetzal Guerrero) by Moussa DiakiteTrack #3 - Moussa Niale (feat. Stu Fergie) by Moussa DiakiteTrack #4 - Maisha by African Dreamscapes Track #5 - Amani by African Dreamscapes Track #6 - Umoja by African Dreamscapes Track #7 - Ebelebe by African Dreamscapes Tr...

Feb 19, 2025

Folk & Blues Just For You 12/02/2025

Womin Djeka!Ajak Kwai discusses the importance of cows in South Sudan, and talks about a potentional guest on the show, Dr Santino Atem Deng, who has recently released a book called Parenting In The Digital Age: A South Sudanese and African Guide. She also plays the following tracks. Track #1 - Unknown Track & ArtistTrack #2 - Gone by Ben Harper & Jack JohnsonTrack #3 - License to Kill by Bob DylanTrack #4 - Blowin' In the Wind by Bob DylanTrack #5 - Waiting On The Wolrd To Change (featu...

Feb 12, 2025

Farees 31/01/2025

Track #1 - Pililili (Yoo Leng) by Odong RomeoTrack #2 - Salam by El Nuba BandTrack #3 - Sand N****r! by FareesTrack #4 - I'm Privelaged by FareesTrack #5 - Empire Man by FareesTrack #6 - Y'all Don't Know What's Goin On (feat. Calexico) by FareesTrack #7 - The Changing of the Guard by FareesTrack #8 - Border Patrol by FareesTrack #9 - Independence #D by Farees

Jan 29, 2025

Vieux Farka Toure 15/01/2025

Womin Djeka!This broadcast presents a wide variety of funk, and slower grooves from South Sudan, Mali and America. Enjoy!Track #1 - Zain Assahra (feat. MOUNA DENDENNI) by Kader TarhanineTrack #2 - Mariam (feat. Idan Raichel) by Vieux Farka ToureTrack #3 - Ouaga by Vieux Farka Toure Track #4 - Lala by T ManagerTrack #5 - Last a While by Arc De SoleilTrack #6 - Gone by Jack Johnson and Ben HarperTrack #7 - Waiting On The World to Change (feat. Ben Harper) by John MayerTrack #8 - Nasir Ewecda by Ki...

Jan 15, 2025

Exclusively Musical 18/12/2024

Womin Djeka! Track #1 - Ouaga by Vieux Farka ToureTrack #2 - Mariam (feat. Idan Raichel) by Vieux Farka ToureTrack #3 - GHOST TOWN by WurlDTrack #4 - LOVE NOBODY by WurlDTrack #5 - No Discrimination by Tony Allen & Africa 70Track #6 - Dancing On The Moon (Band Version) by BATTSTrack $7 - Dreams Be Dreams by Jack JohnsonTrack #8 - I Put A spell On You by IZATrack #9 - Who Knows Where The Time Goes by Nina SimoneTrack #10 - Bermuda Nights by Gerald Albright (Live at Java Jazz Festival, 2006)

Dec 18, 2024

Irene Zhong 04/12/2024

Womin Djeka! Ajak Kwai interviews Irene Zhong, a Hakka Chinese singer, songwriter who explores the topic of community and the inconsistent nature of existence in their music and associated visual media. They talk about Irene's experience growing up queer and neuro-divergent, and Irene's experience being percieved as somebody that they aren't, and how that affects their creative process and their moitvation for creating music. Ajak also plays music from Gordon Koang and Makou Bil to finish off th...

Dec 04, 2024

Funk & Folk ! 27/11/2024

Womin Djeka!Ajak Kwai plays some funk, soul and folk music from the likes of Ablaye Ndiaye Thiosanne, Youssou N'Dour, Balkan Beat Box, Emel, Seth Lakeman, Ahmad Al Khatib & Youssef Hbeisch and William Onyeabor. She also shares some tales about renowned Nigerian musician Fela Kuti. Enjoy!

Nov 27, 2024

Straight Groovin 20/11/2024

Womin Djeka! Nothing but music tonight as Ajak shares the tunes, grooves and jams from Yoro Ndiaye, Toto Bona & Lokua, Oliver Mtukudzi, Fairtrade Narcotics, JaJa, TAKEIFA, Les Freres Guisse, Winyo, Jen Cloher and Ray Lema. Enjoy!

Nov 20, 2024

Mavis Staples, Frigga & Many, Many More 13/11/2024

Womin Djeka!Ajak Kwai speaks on her experiences with oppression as a black woman, and the oppression that black people still suffer today. She also shares her thoughts on the results of the recent US Presidential Election. She also shares some amazing music from Mavis Staples, British-Norwegian singer Frigga, Ben Harper, Bob Dylan, Naarm local Rowena Wise, Canadian artist MorMor, Moor Mother from the USA, and Naarm bassist & composer Claire Cross.

Nov 13, 2024

Ajak Kwai, Monica Jasmine Karo & Allysha Joy 06/11/2024

Womin Djeka! Ajak Kwai plays some Sudanese Christian songs to accompany her disuccsions of the church and the important relationship that it has with young people in struggling communities and refugees in camps in Australia and around the world seeking asylum.Ajak also plays some soulful tunes from John Mayer, Jack Johnson & Ben Harper as a duo, Sarah Blasko (featuring yours truly Ajak Kwai), a short tune and introduction to Monica Jasmine Karo, a Gunai and Gunditjmara artist, and more from ...

Nov 06, 2024

Ali Hassan Kuban, Nicky Bomba & Laroz Haim. 30/10/2024

Womin Djeka! Ajak Kwai shares a variety of tracks from the catalogue of Ali Hassan Kuban, The Captain of Nubian Music. She also plays some tracks from Nikcy Bomba and Laroz Haim, famous for their reggae tunes. Ajak discusses the history of the Nubian people, and their relationship with Egypt and the Anglo-Egyptian rulers from thousands of years ago, and their ancestral ties to South Sudan.

Oct 30, 2024

Ajak Kwai and Uncle Robbie Thorpe 23/10/2024

Womin Djeka!Ajak Kwai invites on Uncle Robbie Thorpe from the Krautungalung people of Gunnai Nation, host of Bunjil's Fire and uncle of Senator Lidia Thorpe, who recently confronted Charles Philip Arthur George during a ceremony in Canberra. Robbie Thorpe speaks about his niece's action and talks further about the injustice dealt to the Aboriginal people of Australia, and how sovereignty was never ceded. After this conversation, Ajak Kwai plays some protest songs from Bob Marley and Ben Harper, ...

Oct 23, 2024

ECG Jesus Nation & Black Jesus Experience 09/10/2024

Womin Djeka!Ajak Kwai interviews Pastor Melinda and Pastor Joseph of the ECG Jesus Nation Church in Australia. They share stories from their life, their journey to becoming pastors, how they came to be married and also share their churches plans for the future and for right now. Ajak Kwai also plays some funk from Black Jesus Experience.

Oct 09, 2024

Bob Marley and Mary Armeday 02/10/2024

Womindjeka!Ajak Kwai shares a few tunes from The Skipper himself Bob Marley, and Mary Armeday famous for her unqiue Krar playing style. Ajak also plays some music from Homson, Alijoma Mabil, Slate Nation, Cjthevoice and Odong Romeo.

Oct 02, 2024

Amira Deng & Allysha Joy 19/09/2024

Womindjeka!Ajak Kwai blesses us with the beautiful voices of Amira Deng and Laval Vela from South Sudan, the good vibes of Ugandan Odong Romeo and the soul tunes of Australian Allysha Joy.

Sep 18, 2024

Mulatu Astatke & Made Kuti 11/09/2024

Ajak Kwai shares the tunes of the pioneer of Ethno-Jazz Mulatu Astatke, and the grooves of Fela Kuti's son Made, who carries the flame of his father. Womindjeka!

Sep 11, 2024

Music Music Music ! 4/09/2024

Womindjeka!!!Ajak Kwai lets the music talk for her tonight as she shares the grooves and tunes of 12 artists hailing from all over Africa, with a focus on Nigeria, as well as a combination act with people from Australia, Mali, Cuba and Senegambia called Ausecuma Beats, and Ben Harper from America.Enjoy!

Sep 04, 2024

Ubuntu Voices with Ajak Kwai 28/08/2024

Womindjeka!Ajak Kwai back again to play some beautiful music from Abdel Karim Alkabli and Peggy Lee, some soulful blues from B.B King and Afro-Fusion from Nigerian Sadiq Onifade, AKA WurlD.

Aug 28, 2024

Allysha Joy, Amira Deng 21/08/2024

Womindjeka!Ajak Kwai talks about South Sudan and it's many tribes and cultures, and the complex relatonship between them, and along the way plays smooth tunes from Amira Deng, Allysha Joy, Odong Romeo and Lavala Vela.

Aug 21, 2024
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