Episodes
I Thought We Would Be Kinder
Lately, I don't recognize my world. Of course, I expected things to change over the years. However, it feels like we are going in…
Our Mental Health Journeys
Today, I am with Dr. Keba Richmond Green. Professor Green is doing a series of podcasts introducing her classes entitled “Eating …
No Cursing! I Got It When I Need It ***Not Explicit, but I do say a…
***Not Explicit, but I do say a few curse words*** When I grew up, we were not allowed to curse. The word 'curse' was considered …
My High School Parties - Greensboro, Norh Carolina -1960s
In 1968 in Greensboro, North Carolina, I was a senior at James B. Dudley High School. I loved weekend parties! On the weekends, s…
That Time I Decided That I Wanted To Be A Waitress
It is Greensboro, North Carolina. The year is 1968. I am a senior at James B. Dudley High School. We're all just trying to find s…
Cigarette Memories
I remember when you could smoke in a restaurant. I remember you could smoke just about anywhere. In fact, your cars - cars were b…
Bags Full of Money
I'm living in New York City. It is 1984/ 85. I'm now the mother of two wonderful, beautiful little girls. But I'm struggling. I a…
Why and How I Got A New Name
Wambui was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Louis Washington of Greensboro, North Carolina in January of 1950. Her mother thought she co…
My Aunt Thelma Lived and Died On Her own Terms
"My Aunt Thelma was 85 years old when she was diagnosed with colon cancer. The doctors told her without immediate surgery, she wo…
MY Mama Should Have Been The Border Czar
Wambui Bahati tells a story of how, when growing up in Greensboro North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960's, her mother kept an eye …
Mama Meets My White Boyfriend
At least one of Wambui Bahati's husbands was a white man. In sharing her personal history, she shares this story of when she took…
How I Got To New York City
My family and I, in the 1950s and 1960s, in Greensboro, North Carolina didn't travel a lot. When we did travel, it was usually wi…
Straighten Your Hair!?
Wambui talks about her hair - from the straitening or straighten hot comb to afro and many things in between. She shares the stor…
On Being Black
I'm not feeling the racial tension in our society that I keep hearing about today in the news and social media. I grew up in Nor…
Never So Happy to Walk Among the Dead
My mother's mother, Beady Davis Howell, was the granddaughter of slaves and the daughter of sharecroppers. They lived in the area…
Gone With The Wind and Me
I'm going to start with a story that starts at 1976. I'm 26 years old living in New York city. I'm an actress, of course, as an a…
Church
Church was very important in our lives. It was the place where we would go to meet new people, be with our friends outside of sch…