Ep. 29: Shungudzo - the Free Soul and Fighting for Love

Published: Jan. 1, 2022, 4 a.m.

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Tori has the pleasure to speak with an emerging, compassionate love champion. A true champion of the spirit. She is a proud Zimbabwean singer-songwriter, philanthropist, activist, storyteller, gymnast and television personality. Using words as weapons of love, her 2021 debut album "I'm not a mother, but I have children," is about the responsibility she feels to build a better world for future generations of all living things. From being Zimbabwe's first Black woman gymnast at the All-Africa Games, to being a cast member on Real World: San Diego and working with MTV as a host and correspondent, she's accomplished a lot in a short amount of time and is just getting started.\\xa0

She is a radical thinker who delivers revolutionary messages while making people dance and celebrate life. With "It\\u2019s a Good Day (to Fight the System)" - her song that debuted on Netflix's hit show "The Chair" starring Sandra Oh - she hopes it brings some joy into whatever fight you\\u2019re fighting. As she says, "After all, what we\\u2019re fighting for IS joy \\u2014 the joy of a life whose fullest potential can be reached without hitting, or being hit by, systemic roadblocks." To her song, "To be me" - a song of empowerment for anyone who has "felt unsafe in their skin, body, identity or expression." Her ambition through her music is to gain an influential platform to affect fundamental social, educational and political changes in her home country, and on behalf of displaced and disenchanted youth around the globe. Ultimately, this icon in the making wants us to choose love.\\xa0

"Here's To Life" welcomes the proud, compassionate, and free soul...\\xa0 Shungudzo.\\xa0

\\u201cWe're at this point in our lives where life has given us this torch and it's our responsibility to decide what happens next.\\u201d - Shungudzo\\xa0

CREDITS:

Guest:\\xa0 Shungudzo Kuyimba
Host and Producer:\\xa0 Tori Reid
Executive Producer:\\xa0 Patrick A. Howell
Co-Executive Producer:\\xa0 Tori Reid
Writers:\\xa0 Patrick Howell with Tori Reid \\xa0
Post Production:\\xa0 Next Day Podcast and Cutting Edge Editing
Post Production Assistant:\\xa0 Kapri Echols
Voiceover Artist:\\xa0 V\\xefnt\\xf3ry Blake Moore
Advertising Sponsor:\\xa0 Vivreau Water Systems
Advertising Sponsor:\\xa0 Hilton Sacramento Arden West
Ad Voiceover Artist:\\xa0 Ginger Levert
Logo Photography:\\xa0 Bobby Holland / MPTV Images
Logo Graphic Design:\\xa0 Henny Vallee
Photo credit for Shungudzo Kuyimba:\\xa0 Yazz Alali

Music:
Intro & Outros\\xa0 - "The Mission" by Stereo Mixtrumental
Vivreau Ad Music - "That's What Left Us Behind" by Christian Anderson

a Victory & Noble production
@ 2021 Victory & Noble LLC\\xa0 All Rights Reserved.

Connect with the Guest:
Official website for Shungudzo
Shungudzo on Instagram

Here's to Life with Tori Reid is a show about living your best life, living it out loud and always using the reservoir of the spirit to fill in life's valleys and mountain tops. Find more of our shows at www.HerestoLifeEveryday.com, also find out more about our host Tori Reid on Instagram at www.instagram.com/iamtorireid.

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