What’s In An Accent with Lupita Nyong’o | What Now? with Trevor Noah Podcast

[@WhatNowPodcast]

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[@lorenagomez04]

So interesting and eyeopening, now I understand some of my struggles as a Mexican married to an Egyptian and living in Egypt... how somehow it feels when you are loosing your own language to be able to complete learn Egyptian Arabic, and the struggles of my litte son learning, spanish, english and arabic at the same time.... he never sounds egyptian enough or mexican enoguh.

[@BlossomingSpice]

It was a beautiful episode. I loved the overall emphasis on the significance of belonging-even if it was not intentional, it seemed so. I would love to see a different coffee sponsor :-) and possibly different chat rooms-one for the fan love, one for the folks who seem to want to challenge and critique others, and one for folks engaging with the topics being discussed.

[@2503debora]

Subscribed already ❤️🇬🇧😍

[@chhsa1]

Still can't do a Trini accent 🤭what's amazing about this conversation is the commonality of the immigrant experience - losing and finding yourself and what your identity was and now is.. I've only just made peace with my evolved accent myself. Too American for Trinidad and too Trinidadian for America.

[@fesakohler1619]

I just subscribed ❤

[@Latest-AiNews]

Kenyans drop your likes here for lupita🎉❤

[@Claudinefit]

She lost me when she said,kenyans dont brag😅😅😅we should tell her hiw Tanzanias and Ugandans are suffering in the east on social media

[@caroljackson5049]

Hello. I am a 76 year old black woman currently living in Jamaica for the past twelve years after retiring from living in the US. In my little sphere of influence I have always advocated that we need to tell our own stories. I stumbled upon this podcast and the tears are flowing because I feel like before I leave this planet I will live to see our own people telling their own stories. I have been a fan of Trevor ever since he burst on the scene in the US. I am so overwhelmingly happy to see that this is part of what he is doing now. I feel like my soul has found home when it comes to my tv entertainment . Thank you so much to the both of you.

[@yusef3132]

I love these type of organic and transparent conversations on this podcast, rather than the gossip mill type of podcast. Ms. Nyong'o is so elegant, articulate and stunningly gorgeous all at once... rare...

[@treavam5653]

Yes!!

[@d.rim.4275]

True! Or these "interviewer has a list of questions/topics and works them off regardless the guests answers" kind of postcasts.

[@nobuhlekhumalo1903]

Yep...they need to be had!

[@tvswann4152]

OMG, Trevor Noah is the protector and preserver of African heritage 🎉🎉🎉.

[@tvswann4152]

Just subscribed to Lupita's podcast, "Mind Your Own." 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@sharonmuchai4790]

Kenya 🇰🇪 South Africa 🇿🇦 Nigeria 🇳🇬 STAND UP!!!!!

[@ronny-lb1cr]

Eritrea 🇪🇷 and Ethiopia 🇪🇹 the cradle of mankind stand up as wel l!!!

[@idrissjones7805]

Kenya here

[@MansaKimani]

A FREE KA Standup

[@sharonchepkorir3571]

​@@idrissjones7805😊 💯

[@nkululekonazo5755]

African power houses

[@patriciaselwyn799]

Lupita, 58 years ago I visited your beautiful country. And learnt a Swahili song. And then named my daughter Maleika, "Angel". She is a doctor on Sydney today, with a big heart, ceaselessly working for our indigenous Aboriginal people.

[@shuleezshoes1789]

Malaika ❤ beautiful name 😍

[@foy41gmail6]

Malaika

[@kingkairo5007]

Malaikaaaa nakupenda malaikaa Nami nifanyejeeh,kijana mwenziooh. Nashindwa na Mali sina wee Ningekuoa malaikaaah...

[@GabrielOmollo-o1b]

Its Malaika not maleika

[@CeeJay254Art]

that song was highly popular those days

[@navigator.jpgggg]

Lupita is stunning and very articulate. Trevor, could you please bring Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to your podcast? Would love to hear.

[@robertmmuhavi3358]

I'd love to listen to Chimamanda too

[@bandantuthuko]

YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!

[@trinz076]

Please !

[@Praiselovestosing]

Yes Trevor

[@amieshawilliams]

Yes! That would be transformative.

[@Joyejoe]

I am Ethiopian and I love Kenyans, they are kind humble and respectful. I got the chance to visit Nairobi and I feel home!

[@lolapeters814]

As a 74 year old African who came to the US at age 7, this conversation is LIFE.

[@globallibran378]

I will ask this for my own education as an immigrant to the USA from the diaspora. Can you share ( if you know) when Africans started to come to the USA? As someone from the Caribbean I know we have been coming from the 20’s as in Marcus Garvey. But I don’t know the Africans trends in migrating to the USA. Again this is an honest question.

[@Icreatedthisbymistake]

​@@globallibran378 I did the math and she came in 1957. I would say 40s earliest or perhaps 50s. Reason was education for the Kenyans I know of. I think the same for Uganda, Nigeria and other British colonies. I can't speak for the Francophone countries. I think those ones go to France. I don't think Portuguese colonies got much exposure, but I could be wrong. Whenever they provided Africans opportunity to travel was tied to their political plans for the nations. Also the British recruited Africans to fight on their side in the world wars, so the first African in America might have arrived much earlier than 1940.

[@NIO623]

My uncle came after our Independence in 1960. He first went to The UK for first degree and to the US for his grad degree. All before the Biafra war of 1967. The difference is that most that came then went back after school to build their new nations. So they usually didnt stay and live in the US. ​@globallibran378

[@blaq4427]

@@globallibran378hard to say when Africans began to migrate. Nnamdi Azikiwe attended Storer College in the 20s

[@globallibran378]

@ maybe daddy Google could tell us…lol

[@kabukibrown1289]

"I'm not trying to be Kenyan, I just am." Wowwww. I appreciate that statement as a Ghanaian that's been here since age 3.

[@Key3de]

12:25 “when I tried to return to my accent, I couldn’t find myself in my mouth.” Being so casually poetic, wow

[@nz5143]

“Disbelief that I’m unwelcome”

[@joekanayi360]

She is so intelligent with her choice of words

[@BillMitchell-lm8dg]

I am very impressed on how thoroughly Lupita sounds like an Upper Middle Class WELL EDUCATED American Academic, a good translation of her Kenyan self to Northeastern U.S. Her English vocabulary and word usage far exceeds most Americans, and I am in awe of her skill and accomplishment in English expression.

[@smoothoperator9845]

No Lupita sounds like herself! She’s Kenyan 🇰🇪 and she’s a Proud African Woman.

[@gracecharise4488]

Love when Africans support each other. Who would have known Trevor was Lupita's Xhosa coach 😆🥰

[@harrietbukenya3297]

Plus everyone in his family or the friends. When he said they all felt like African grandparents I felt it too. In fact, I also was smiling and want to watch the movie again 😅

[@cindybrodie9769]

Lupita, what a grounded, articulate, and ridiculously beautiful person. I love your interviews, Trevor. The best.

[@robertmmuhavi3358]

His dad is a very grounded sober man.

[@Rtp174]

Why poeple call black poeple articulate in America ? I don’t get it 😅

[@naomkabucho8488]

​@@robertmmuhavi3358 I wanted to confirm that.

[@bella-qz6ls]

​@@Rtp174..pleasße 🤭😂

[@MsimeleloNgxoxo]

I love Lupita too , my woman should look like her 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@KathrynTanner-t8f]

Old White Lady in the United States here, and I have to tell you it is pretty exciting to see Africa and Africans finally taking a place on the world stage. Is it possible we will one day all be inhabitants of the world rather than citizens of a specific political entity?

[@lauragasque4292]

Imagine.... there're no Countries.....

[@josejoaquim4928]

It's up to you, and I, then the politicians will follow, politicians don't lead they 'follow'. Listen to Trump, do u truly believe he says what he thinks or what most Americans really think?

[@germanoreis590]

Yes, in the new world.

[@cradlenyalungu5563]

Yes, with internet and easy travel one day God will look on earth and everyone will look like Trevor. Sorta

[@bodie1098]

🥰

[@QuincyAlleyne]

Its unmistakable the admiration that Trevor has for Lupita, you can see how his face lights up.

[@moi9903]

Right...Only time I've seen his face lighting up like that is when talking about his mother.

[@Keenonf]

@@moi9903 she was supposed to play his mother in the film version of his book!! I always wondered why that never came about.

[@marie3161]

She triggers his fondness for his mom.

[@christophermuga]

As a Kenya who has lived in the US for many many years this show resonates with me. Lupita. You have a very well thought out way of expressing you in the moment. You articulate so authentically the messages that you want to convey. Thanks Trevor. What an awesome connection between the three of you. I love it. I love your podcast Trevor

[@tvswann4152]

Trevor Noah and Lupita Nyong'o, great ambassadors of Africa ❤❤❤.

[@caronlurrie6711]

She reminds me so much of a dear Kenyan friend who is now with the Lord. Makes my heart happy as I am reminded of her ♥️

[@elloco1996]

Three beautiful people, intelligent and well-spoken, having a chat ... who wouldn't want to be part of that?

[@velmathompson1670]

I too enjoyed their conversation so much! I've listened to it twice and Saved it in my "Favorites" so I can listen to it several more times.

[@f6876]

Lupita dropped so many gems in this interview

[@bertbeau1033]

I am so glad to see an appreciation of Africaness by Africans. It’s so uncommon to see talented people expand the options in the Podcast medium. Lupita’s and Trevor’s backgrounds are so different and expansive. They are truly global characters.

[@robertmmuhavi3358]

Africa has a very rich heritage. I just hope someday we will come to appreciate who we are as a people.

[@ijeomanwagwu814]

This conversation is so affirming, brilliant, therapeutic and absolutely wholesome! Tha ks Trevor and Christiana for another amazing conversation. Lupita, you're an absolutely beautiful human being inside and out. You so articulated what I raise my kids to be - to have a stubborn disbelief that they are unwelcome, to know that they belong in the world. I love this!

[@juan-josegarza7039]

That BlackPanther dialect "committee" story is so beautiful! Before this, I did not know they were friends. This is so cool.

[@RoniForeva]

As a Ghanaian-American living in America I needed this podcast I needed this, being African in america is such weird dynamic because from all sides your entire existence is reduced to your race even though you've got a culture, history, and continent where you come from and adore, and no one understands that asides from other Africans...thank you!

[@divinecharity4083]

Ghana 🇬🇭

[@anndeecosita3586]

As an American who has traveled to other continents including Africa, my most common experiences on this topic are being met with skepticism or surprise when I say I am American because of a common perception in many places of equating that American = white person. I’m no less American than any white person in the USA and actually my roots run deeper here than most of them. Some people act like I am lying when I say It American. So if I am able to get people to accept I am American then it becomes but where is your family from? My parents are Americans too. My great grandparents, 2x, 3x, 4x. While you feel you are reduced to a race, when I am outside of the USA there are still people who make references to my race but usually not the one I identify as. I’m black. I have been told I wasn’t black and have been called different terms used for a biracial or mixed race person or something completely different. I said no, I’m black. I know other non white Americans who tell me they have similar experiences. There was a recent guest on this podcast a writer named Ta-Nehisi Coats who touched on having a similar experience in Senegal where they kept referring to him as a mixed race person which bothered him. He explained that for many of us the differences in the way we look are due to slavery and forced sex encounters. There are also some people like myself who have distant Native American ancestry. We can look like Vanessa Williams or Wesley Snipes and be black. For me the disrespect isn’t them asking the questions but refusing to accept my answers. It used to bother me to be told I wasn’t black, or not immediately accepted as American but now I have accepted that different places have different cultures and perspectives so I choose to ignore it when I am called these other racial terms. But the labeling of people according to your own worldview perspective isn’t something that only happens in one place. I have actually learned to use it to my advantage because once people know I am American they want to charge me tourist prices and want to discuss our political campaigns and I don’t like having those discussions with people while abroad. I know people from Latin America who complain about being lumped in as Mexican in the USA, then I point out that when I have been to Latin American countries there is an overwhelming tendency to call every Asian person “chino” Chinese. Asia also has multiple countries and cultures.

[@zigma8470]

Home Sweet Home....!!

[@urbanacademic5151]

West Indians understand it too. ❤

[@RoniForeva]

@@urbanacademic5151yes very much so. In my 20 years here ive noticed its one of the things our communities connect on. We’re more than just being black and as immigrants we have bigger priorities than the color of our skin. We’ve got families back home we miss, worry about and or need to provide for. We’ve got academic/career goals we came to america to achieve. Yet black and white Americans what to subject us to our race and put us in a box. Yet before we came here we were so much more than just being a black person. We were people of various tribal, ethnic, cultural, religious, cultural, and national origins who did not think of ourselves as just being black.

[@teddie4876]

Lupita’s voice is so gorgeous I could listen to her all day. It’s relaxing.

[@hanna6778]

A conversation amongst Africans hits different in so many ways. Understanding, empathy, sharing a laughter, etc comes so easily. I was watching Trevor's and the other host's faces and the way they laugh with her...there's joy that I love and miss. - Another African living in America.

[@Phronesis7]

OMG I didn’t want this conversation to end! More of these please. Interviews between Lupita and Trevor, discussing the complexities and nuances of our varied African identities… More, please!

[@TheTeddykimani]

Lupita, I have really understood you better as a fellow Kenyan, wewe ni mkenya halisi, everything you said is true ,great job all 3 of you...

[@MalibuPassionFruit]

Oh Lupita. Listening to you ensures me I am on the right track. There is so much you shared that resonates. Thank you. You are an amazing human being!

[@AddisEngine]

So true, Kenyans are the humblest, kindest, most educated Africans. I get excited when I see them in Addis Ababa.

[@lilguiltyodinga6627]

So true

[@2464hellen]

We are and that's the beauty of education

[@maryannemurigu609]

That statement makes me so proud to be 🇰🇪 .

[@vanessaoyole7790]

Isn't that in Ethiopia? 😂😂

[@cathymuganzi7909]

​​​@@vanessaoyole7790 clearly @AddisEngine (from their handle) is from Adis Ababa, or lives in Adis Ababa or has some connection to that city and what they are saying is they are excited to run into kenyas who visit or live in Adis Ababa.....

[@janetbalbour369]

I am from Jamaica and I love this conversation. It healthy and uplifting.

[@moranend2]

Trevor adores Lupita. Beautiful people.

[@angiewn1]

He looks at her with such fondness 😊

[@freedomm]

True friendship. Interesting to know that he helped her dialect in Black Panther.

[@ker_possible]

definetly looking at her like his sister.

[@angiewn1]

@@ker_possible sure😊

[@keynolivia]

I know…it melts my heart. ❤🥹

[@iphietalk-2056]

She is walking poetry.. who wouldn't ?

[@frowhatitsworth]

This is what it looks like when someone admires you and is happy for your success. I love seeing Trevor & Lupita interact.

[@shantishanti2295]

Thank you so much! I thoroughly enjoyed listening to your conversations! I am an Asian American and what you talk about I can relate to so much about it, too! We are just human beings. I love that you have mentioned that your accent is an accumulation of your experiences. There is no shame for having different accents. This is a very thought-provoking conversation. Thank you!

[@IrenesConcierge]

Intentional parenting brings up grounded, intelligent and grateful children. As Africans we must be intentional in our family and parenting. I raise a toast to Dorothy and Peter Nyong'o. It's all about mindset and humility.

[@dr_hopekariuki]

Lupita thanks for making Kenya proud 🔥

[@Tommyoda]

Lupita: I’ve come too far to be worried about you you and you 🫶💕

[@engineeringtechnologycircle28]

manzee anarepresent Kenya vizuri

[@maggieandjosephshow6052]

Our beautiful queen Lupita rocks❤

[@YesBrian]

Beautiful podcast, as a Kenyan I must say , Africa to the world. Trevor Keep it up.🎉

[@AlbertOdhiambo]

" I am not trying to be Kenyan. I just Am" - Oh wow. What a story Lupita.

[@tfl4963]

Am a Kenyan here who speaks and writes three languages fluently and learning a fourth Kenyan language bit by bit from my friends and proud of it. Love the engaging conversations and Trevor you're the man inviting our very own Kenyan sista, Lupita and the Naija sista. This was fun to listen to and more Blessings to you all 🙏 🙏 🙏.

[@maureenthaxter1672]

I am a Jamaican and listening to this podcast from Jamaica. I always follow Lupita. I am so proud of her. Noah is also a fan of mine. This is a very informative interview...well done to everyone. Kudos❤

[@hirute4773]

“An African podcast!!!” ❤❤❤ Thank you for such a rich, thought provoking and fun conversations. As an Ethiopian-American watching/listening from Ethiopia, it was such a great pleasure. And need I dare say “the best Africans” are Ethiopians!

[@kenkeliba2639]

😅😂 Africa still wins , one love from Sénégal

[@sanmak3283]

There’s lots of African podcasts. The biggest is “podcast & chill”with MacG. It has over 1,1 million subscribers currently. Granted, it seems a bit frivolous when you compare it to more serious & intelligent ones like this one. It’s very entertaining though as they interview celebrities, hence the following.

[@martharinebiseko1457]

😂😂 just love all Africans. We are so unique and interconnected. Was in Addis and stayed at a hotel just opposite to where all cultures in ET presented about their roots and just loved our pple there

[@fatmatakamara1866]

I love seeing Africans proudly fighting to be Africans! We have come a long way. All grace to the Almighty ❤❤❤❤

[@Anon-ct6zh]

Podcast and chill is more Sputh african than it is African honestly.​@sanmak3283

[@lavineateng-mutoni]

I'm so proud to be an African and a Kenyan specifically, this is now our content❤❤❤. Trevor, Lupita and Christiana, nyinyi ni wetu. You are our stars!!

[@johnygroy644]

From Kenya with love to you Lupita 🇰🇪 and Trevor 🇿🇦

[@millionairemaine8901]

As a Black American, when she said her Mom told her "you don't need to stuggle in America to be accpeted, you're accpted here (in Kenya)"...that kinda stung a bit but that's beautiful. Great interview.

[@seanflight3438]

Bro as a Kenyan in the US... if you go to Kenya you'll be embraced 💯. It's scary thinking of moving to Africa but try out a 2 week holiday. Thank me later

[@millionairemaine8901]

@@seanflight3438 Thanks family! Kenya is definitely on my list.

[@LolaBugzy85]

​@@millionairemaine8901 Karibu Kenya...❤❤❤❤

[@shaamya]

I felt the sting too...

[@williamrouse1705]

One of the times in my life that ive felt the most accepted and celebrated was when hanging out with friends from Kenya and their families. You come away walking alittle taller.

[@doctorsoncars1393]

I'm Indian, and I grew up in Bangalore. I'm not entirely sure why, but I feel so connected to Africa. There's a warmth and familiarity there somewhere. Be it our people and our values, our struggles, or maybe the vegetation and wildlife. There's something that connects me so deeply to Africa. I've been fortunate enough to travel the world, but somehow, I've let Africa slip. Would love to have a conversation with you Trevor.

[@mikamiks2475]

Because underneath it all, our values and the core of who we are is very similar. I feel the same way. When I was in the uk, I go along best with South Asians because our home life was so similar and we got each other

[@dollarmakana4969]

We love

[@Stanley-k7u]

Its the shared ancient history. Like two cousins that grew up together but moves far away at a young age.

[@mikamwambazi3807]

We are family, that's why. Indians have always lived with us in Africa.

[@karensindisoparimwa6130]

"Allow yourself to expand beyond the limitations of your identity." love that!!!

[@janejoy6606]

Watching from Kenya. My Take home from this is, how much impact grounded parents can have on a child's confidence through life. Awesome stuff!!

[@yayo_mfalme]

You forgot to say RUTO MUST GO 🇰🇪✊😊

[@johnnyngure2817]

@@yayo_mfalme for sure he must go brother

[@yayo_mfalme]

@@johnnyngure2817 Viva comrade 🇰🇪✊

[@okuu_yo]

Mpaka natamani kuadoptiwa na Mr. Nyong'o

[@robertmmuhavi3358]

Very important. Any person you meet is (mostly) a reflection of the parents that raised that person.

[@officialfrankkoine]

Thank you Trevor for hosting one of my favourite persons in the world. Miss. Lupita Nyong'o is an absolutely beautiful human being, a wonderful humble soul.

[@SomeonesTswanaDad]

“You are of the earth and it is yours to claim.” Guys at this point I’m just writing notes so that I can come back to them later. Gems everywhere!

[@virtuoso8642]

“…a disbelief that I’m unwelcome. My default is not to feel unwelcome. I don’t look for rejection. I experience it, but I think I have more hope and faith than doubt as a default.” It’s all about your perception, your mindset and what you actually believe about yourself. The human experience is something else man.

[@jessicaoti]

This was beautiful to listen to. Lupita is such a wise and intelligent woman.

[@lililuciaschmuil7943]

Love the transparency and authenticity of this and the African banter. So refreshing. The connection you 3 have is lovely. From a polynesian sister living in South East Asia ..😅..

[@zippymironga]

Been watching these conversations that have Kenyans in it and they have a way of humbling you, kinda like bringing you back from your high horse and leveling the environment so that you can hear them out, internalize and admire the conversation and coming out feeling nourished and ...

[@kaybeekaybee2874]

For someone who came to Europe 🇳🇱from Africa 🇳🇦 24yrs ago at a tender age, this conversation is so relatable and refreshing. When Lupita says that her niece called her out on how she sounds like a White somebody. That for me hits home, as I often hear from my family that my mannerisms are like a White somebody and I apparently dance like White somebody too.

[@ShikarQanunldBera]

As African today i got my therapy after almost two years listening to all this news and craziness going on. Thank you guys❤

[@ameelhassan]

The sense of Lupita's belonging to Kenya really resonated with me as a Yemeni living in Europe ❤❤👍 thank you

[@wordsbychayil]

This is gold! As a Nigerian who moved to London in my early twenties, her experience resonates deeply . The code-switching, the inner tug-of-war between adapting to fit in and staying true to oneself, the dilemma of molding my own words, words that once flowed so naturally, only to feel them sounding ‘off’ or ‘unpolished’ here. There’s that jarring moment when you catch the puzzled looks from people for whom this is their native language, the same language I’ve spoken with pride all my life, as they wonder "what might she be trying to say". Then there's doubts; can we even talk freely about our childhoods, our parents, our unique realities without feeling judged? but through it all, there’s a sense of gratitude; knowing you've come too far to (in miles and mind) to bother about perception.

[@IrenesConcierge]

Nigerians are global and will adapt to the Western capitalist lifestyles but their accents,family orientatiin and food remain outstanding

[@avalonsimon1503]

"No one can take away your sense of identity and homeland." This idea is a powerful affirmation of self-worth and identity. I hope these stories from African lived experiences help connect us in the diaspora, who may feel displaced, to the lives of our ancestors and the people from whom we came.

[@EdnahChirchir]

Yes, you belong home no matter where you go

[@jamesmaina7004]

True, no wonder AA have a distaste for africans from Africa bcoz of this identity

[@ramaganza]

She's really thought about the issues/ questions that she's responding to/raising and you can tell she's a deep thinker... I love it when that Kenyan accent comes out.. feels like home! 🎉

[@nimcaaydeed5538]

I love lupita and Trevor they are so proud of their African heritage. Its wonderful to see

[@MansaKimani]

Lupita Has a Beautiful Mind. Also, This Pod Makes Me Proud to be African. ❤ And to add to What Trevor Says to Lupita jokingly about being free, that's so true about my Kenyan Experience. We are so free without even realising it until someone points out.

[@Goddess_Infinity]

Same , I’m from Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 watching this is so beautiful.

[@calvoh9715]

why do you need to feel proud to be Africa? Are there times you are not proud?

[@plagmatic]

When you are out there in the west sometimes your black experiences may make you question your existence. That's when you remind or have to be reminded that you belong somewhere.

[@annieconway8998]

I also love her use of language

[@Goddess_Infinity]

@@calvoh9715 no , but it’s good to see our people in a positive light

[@shimiteobialo]

I listen on Spotify but had to come on here to say, I just loved this conversation. It felt so intimate and inviting and real. Listening to this podcast, I get the sense that I'm invited into a personal conversation amongst close friends. Oh And Nigerians are the best!

[@f6876]

Lupita is beautiful and intelligent, the perfect combination

[@siriusakari6729]

She is so smart. Her perspectives on so many issues are refreshing.

[@velmathompson1670]

This was one of the BEST CONVERSATIONS I've heard E V E R!!! I really needed to "hear" this Language Lesson because after only speaking English (forever), but having "studied" other languages, I need to pick up Spanish & French again and try to be comfortable with both (not perfect) but comfortable with simple conversing. Thank you Trevor, Lupita and Brianna...this was BRILLIANT...THANK YOU, Muchas Gracias, Merci!!

[@PHlophe]

Velma, you need to introduce continental african languages to your arsenal. it is always bizarre to me when African american that speak english opt for other european languages instead of attaching their identity to african languages. yer can't fully understand people if you are not embracing their languages

[@velmathompson1670]

@@PHlophe VERY TRUE! I would LOVE to bring any African dialect into my language skills. I know a few words, but I need to be around a native speaker to help gain a good understanding and NOT just hearing it on "Google Translate". I studied French & Spanish in High School & College a long time ago! Before retiring from my law & law enforcement career, I traveled (on occasion) for work, and occasionally attended meetings & conferences with 'other language' speakers. Only once did I attend a Conference (World Society of Victimology) where one of the Keynote Speakers addressed us completely in her native African language, but we had (UN-type) translation equipment to help aid us during her speech.

[@Sapadillawoman]

Thank you for this conversation; so important for African-American to witness this.

[@kokocn]

Africans just have a way of chilling and chatting. I am an African that lived abroad for some time. While there I ran into other Africans that I didn't know prior but we just hit it off with such ease. I love that about us. This podcast episode is giving that chill. Feels like I'm hanging with friends

[@moma5232]

❤

[@ritjigowon]

'The worlds is yours'..... love this line. No limitations ❤

[@mayimoona4868]

I love this podcast, and I can’t express enough how important it is to have conversations like these that highlight the African diaspora's impact. Our stories are woven with resilience, creativity, and global contributions that often go untold or misunderstood. Sharing our narratives allows us to celebrate the rich diversity and beauty of African cultures, and it’s also a powerful way to challenge stereotypes and reshape perceptions. When we express our stories authentically, we preserve our heritage and offer future generations a sense of pride and belonging. Thank you for shedding light on these perspectives-let's keep this dialogue alive, because our voices matter!

[@DonBSeleh]

As an African living in the US 🇺🇲, this was a great convo among all three 🇰🇪🇿🇦🇳🇬 intelligent minds....👊🏾

[@oziomaokonkwo1588]

I thoroughly enjoyed this mixture of African expressions in one room! Kenya 🇰🇪 Nigeria 🇳🇬 and South Africa 🇿🇦 beautiful interview.

[@tvswann4152]

Trevor Noah has such a great/rich heritage. His love and respect for the women who raised him is so super obvious in EVERY conversation he has. Mad respect for the Aunties' Treasure that Trevor is. You make us all so glad and so proud. You're reclaiming the honor of the African woman ❤❤❤

[@GoldDiamondJewelsGDJ-mu9hn]

I have news for you. Do you notice that despite him heaping praise on the women who raised him somehow Noah successfully avoids dating Black women? To be an authentic Black man, you have to have a track record of dating Black women and marry a Black woman, have a partner that would give you Black children. If that's too hard then their claim for Blackness is just lipservice for business designed to capture and broaden their audience! Lupita is another one, sleeping around with anything that looks non Black and could have potentially had non Black children if she wasn't dumped in some of those relationships. So Lupita and Noah probably might never marry a Black man or woman, how is that upholding Blackness? So those two are unauthentic when it comes to Blackness. If you're truly proud of your identity then you have to reinforce it and promote it through procreation otherwise you're just fake. Also, it would have been nice to introduce the participants or show their names every now and then when they speak so that we know their names. For me Noah comes across as someone who is pretentious of his blackness and is really just using it to grow his audience.

[@noillyanderson7064]

Endless blessings Lupita. From an Afro-Costa Rican who loves you and is so proud of having you representing us. I’m so grateful to see you on the big screen helping me feel seen. Wishing you success in all your endeavors. BTW, my Jamaican grandmother was also named Lupita, so your name means a lot to me ❤Pura Vida

[@NellieKAdaba]

Nice

[@rwm1885]

I quite enjoyed this interview. Very well done. It felt like a dinner conversation amongst friends and i love that there was lots of laughter - thats that African spirit. I love what Lupita said about ones roots. Sometimes you look at the highest leaf on a tall tree and how carefree and breezy it is, and realize its only able to be that way because its standing on or being uplifted by strong branches and a stronger stem and even stronger and deeper roots. And thats what our african culture, our parents, our traditions , our ancestors are. Strength. Deep roots. Which if uprooted, will lead to the tree and thus, the leaf, falling. All of these to say, Lupita is so articulate, a natural philosopher, a captivating storyteller and a deep thinker with lots of empathy that i would be THRILLED to read an autobio from her. Or any book, creative or otherwise, from her. I really resonate with her points.

[@iiicuuubreathingfullyoohoohooh]

20:35 Thank you for all of this advocacy for allowing one's self to go beyond the immediate identity that one is in linguistically.

[@HallowSeeds]

Now I have to go listen to Lupita’s podcast

[@blackhibiscus1876]

Going right there too.

[@Michaelcn515]

Do you know lupita is a governors daughter

[@Zazezoo]

@@Michaelcn515Kenyan governor? A human being?

[@maryannenderi5772]

Same here!

[@Michaelcn515]

@@Zazezoo his name is anyang nyongo

[@RacquelNM]

Lupita spoke to a mindset I think a lot of us who immigrate tend to have “I’ve come too far to not make this work.” It is why we continue to persevere because there is too much on the line to get caught up or give up.

[@Finderr_Network]

The admiration in Trevor's face! I rarely see it.

[@QuincyAlleyne]

Ohh my God i thought i was the only one that sees that.

[@moi9903]

He's beautifully fascinated by her ❤ I wonder why they never fated

[@bertbeau1033]

I see his gaze of admiration and pride for seeing her shine. He has his mother’s life long hubris to set the standard of excellence so high. He knows courage when he encounters it I feel.

[@joielioness1209]

I think he likes her. He’s acting like a shy schoolboy. 🤭

[@Sasa0774-c5t]

@@joielioness1209😂😂😂

[@sherieglinsey5911]

I'm not through the episode but let me just say I love this interview so far. I love Trevor assembling a "Board of Directors" to help Lupita with her accent for the movie. I feel like I have this kind of support with my family of Origin but I love to see this in families that are made up of people they've choosen. When he talks about how proud they were watching the movie. I am literally feeling him beaming and genuinely proud and it's contagious because I'm over here proud of their relationship. Like girl you do not know these people!!! 🤣🤣 I'm ridiculous!! 😭🤣😭 Okay carry on🫶🏾

[@Theodore_ML]

I've never seen Trevor try by all means to avoid eye contact. Lupita what are you doing to our boy? Haibo! 😂 he looked away for the last 20 minutes of the conversation. In fact almost the entire conversation. She's beautiful, I don't blame you bro. Her mind is so beautiful 💜

[@nelia4402]

I've never seen travor blush so much 😂

[@kenyanlivingabroad]

The love from kenya is special and care right now we have a beautiful Zulu girl eho found love in kenya and they are breaking the internet

[@joielioness1209]

He’s smitten 🥰

[@delbienoel4730]

He is totally smitten with her and i think they went on a date before.

[@crystalobaseki]

I use to want them to be a couple but they’re good friends ❤❤.

[@MovieJustin]

I'm a black American and can relate to so much of this with code switching. There's also something about Lupita's grace and humanity that I'm so proud of and makes me teary eyed. I hope to meet her one day to tell her how much she means to all of us.

[@angelinamutua4521]

I'm still waiting for Born A Crime the movie adaptation with Lupita starring as Trevor's mom❤

[@yayo_mfalme]

Exactly 😊that would be great ❤

[@yayo_mfalme]

Exactly 😊that would be great ❤

[@khadhrikhan1549]

Me 3

[@lauragasque4292]

Yeah, me too

[@langaroyalqueen]

A Xhosa woman like Brenda Nxoli or Hlubi Mboya

[@jacquelineakinyi8477]

As a Kenyan, as a Luo, as one who grew up in the UK and the US and now in Switzerland - I felt connected to all 3 of you in some capacity..... this conversation resonated at so many levels. I thank all 3 of you for creating this space and sharing such a deligtful conversation. Thank you for pointing us to Lupita's podcasts.... Thank you for creating a brilliant platform for the world to know Africa for what it truly is...... I look forward to many more.

[@awsomeirene1]

Trevor has such a love for Lupita! It’s adorable to watch

[@mwabachisembele1512]

Soo true

[@missbubu1611]

He has a twinkle in his eye for sure.

[@selisusu2555]

Full respect and admiration is how I see it.

[@anenowinnie3804]

These intelligent, meaningful conversations are a breath of fresh air, I could sit and listen to this forever

[@Stanley-k7u]

The biggest thing i got from this podcast is understanding how vastly large and diverse Africa is.

[@angelamwirigi1765]

Lupita is soo regal ❤, love listening to her.

[@Lelowalk]

Thank you Trevor you never forget where you come from. South Africa 🇿🇦 🇿🇦 , Rainbow nation . You are also doing so well in America. Well done.

[@doreenmurungi9041]

Trevor, Trevor.... listen to this most fond fan of yours. Marry Lupita already.🎉 Please do not disappoint me😅

[@sireconde5969]

wow let them know. Lupita is single her boyfriend and her as parted ways. I don’t know though if Trevor is single

[@officialfrankkoine]

Fans like to read too much into public figures interacting with each other 🤣

[@swagganificient]

She's so blessed, Multiple Citizenship, KENYAN, MEXICAN & AMERICAN, which gives her all of the spices 🔥🔥🔥

[@IrenesConcierge]

It's not really about the citizenship but the experiences.

[@NaranjitoEcuador]

"allow yourself to expand beyond the limitations of the law of your identity". Wow, Lupita, wow... I could listen to you nonstops, such a complete human being.

[@lisaes79]

The best episode so far, Trevor ! I love Lupita and could listen to her all day. Her new podcast is a breath of fresh air ! So relaxing to listen : an adult story time. The accents are rich and beautiful, and I feel I am getting to know Lupita better, but also to understand the amazing diversity of African peoples

[@sharonburgher5278]

Well said😊

[@KerenLight]

When Lupita and Trevor are in a conversation I think time stops 🙆🏿🙆🏿🙆🏿,,, I loveeeeee their chemistry and how real and deep they go with their honest conversations. Its amazing and fiery,,, when Lupita said she is more spicy in her Kenyan ascent i was like oooh yeah,, thats us ❤❤❤🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪, This was amazing to listen too. Thank you guys,you are amazing

[@fesakohler1619]

From Zambia....living in CA. Loved every ounce of this conversations

[@fesakohler1619]

I have kept my Zambian accent loved. I have been in the USA for 16 years. I will hold on tight to my accent ❤

[@cynamun467]

With languages and accents, Trevor is like the person who goes up to a piano and starts sounding out songs and Lupita learns to read music and studies music theory. I'm like that with music and languages. I have a textbook on Korean verbs and played many instruments but only with written music.

[@freedomm]

Two of my favourite Africans: Trevor and Lupita.

[@deniecepeterson588]

Great conversation! I appreciated the discussion of the power of “home”. I think that is one reason why some of us refer to ourselves as African American. It’s a way to connect to a part of our identity that was stolen. It can be difficult not knowing our ancestral origin but admiring the rich and beautiful traditions of Africans.

[@tazmilanzi1215]

I was curious but didn't necessarily have any expectations from this conversation, but boy have I been blown away by the depth in the entire convo.

[@clementmpushe5957]

me too i'm glad i tuned in.

[@velmathompson1670]

Yes, I was blown away by their entire conversation as well. They could have talked another 3 hours, and I would have listened the full time.

[@Me-iq8rs]

Your expectations were low, because they are Black!!!

[@Me-iq8rs]

Your expectations were low because they are Black!!!