Afro Queer

A podcast about queer Africans living, loving, surviving, and thriving on the African continent and the Diaspora.

AfroQueer celebrates queer love and explores the laws affecting queer lives, migration, media, race, class, censorship, family, and sex. Along the way, you’ll also hear some bitter truths of what it means to be Queer and African but also spotlight individuals shifting the landscape of African Queerness.

Listen to us on iTunes, Spotify, SoundCloud, Stitcher and on AfroQueer

Selly Thiam

Host & Executive Producer

Selly is the CEO and founder of AQ Studios and is the host of the award winning AfroQueer podcast. Before starting AQ, she was a journalist and producer for National Public Radio, a Carnegie Fellow and Ford Fellow. When she is not working to build platforms for African and Black voices, she’s gardening, reading about gardening or buying things for her garden. Find her @skthiam

Kinsey Clarke

Sr. Producer

A bona fide Midwesterner, Kinsey Clarke is a narrative nonfiction audio producer and native of Detroit, Michigan. She finds purpose in storytelling through podcasting and is interested in stories about how sex, identity, and human behaviour shape our connection with the world around us.

Tevin Sudi

Sr. Sound Designer

Tevin is the Head Sound Editor and Studio Manager at AQ studios. He makes sure that all the shows have a signature sound and oversees the day-to-day studio activities. When Tevin is not at AQ studios, you can find him producing music for various Kenyan artists or singing at any karaoke bar in Nairobi.

Mercy Barno

Audio Engineer

Mercy B. is an Audio Editor at AQ Studios. She has previously worked on Unconditional love stories and The Carbon Removal Show podcasts as an audio editor for Cofruition. When not at work, she likes to spend most of her time either reading a book or making music.

Lucas Ngao

Social Media Manager

Lucas is the Social Media Manager at AQ Studios. He manages the company's social media brands AND is a dog lover with a passion for visual storytelling. He is always on the hunt for new music to add to his “out of control” playlist for every occasion.