Meet Djibril Diagne: born into a special destiny as the eldest son of a griot family in Senegal in West Africa, Djibril started playing drums when he was only six years old. Over many decades he has grown into a highly respected cultural leader and master drummer with a reputation that extends across Australia and back home to Senegal. He has travelled the world performing as a lead djembe player and musical director for some of Senegal’s most famous ballets, including his own Ballet African. He plays several types of traditional drums including the djembe and sabar. Sabar are a set of drums played with both hand and stick, allowing incredible subtlety and energy from the musician. These rhythms of the Wolof tribe are slow and languid, then energetic and insistent, and are peppered with intricate "baks" (breaks) and traditional singing. Djibril, who will be playing at Multicultural Futures' next World Music Café on 6 December 2020 at Roleystone, has a deep commitment to carry on the traditional work of his ancestors and share the living history of Senegalese music, drumming and dance with new audiences, teaching new students and keeping his culture alive for future generations to experience. Hear him talk about bringing his craft to Kalgoorlie where he works, and other stories like him drumming a message to his brother instead of calling him on the phone.

Meet Silas one of Multicultural Futures' Mental Health Advocates. Silas exchanged a career in marine biology for the mental health field. He talks about what it's like to be a part of the Mental Health Team, some of the challenges that international students faced during COVID-19 lock down earlier in 2020, and some of the things that ground him.

Word of the week: Shizukesa Learn the meaning of the Japanese word 'shizukesa' as you meet Rika Asaoka, See Me, See You, Cultural Responsiveness Trainer. We talk to Rika about her journey to Australia, starting her own business, and what we can expect from the See Me, See You program.

Have you heard of the World Music Café? Meet Jon Cope, Facilitator of this Social Enterprise Initiative run by Multicultural Futures in partnership with the Metropolitan Migrant Resource Centre, and community partner, United in Diversity.

Meet Mohammed, ex-professor of media at Baghdad University. Mohammed shares stories of his ancient culture, growing up in Baghdad, seeing the statue of Saddam Hussein topple, and what it means for him and his family to be in Perth.

Meet Professor Kadambot Siddique, Hackett Professor at the University of Western Australia who is world renowned for his research in agriculture. Originally, hailing from Kerala in India, Professor Siddique has made his mark not only in agriculture in Australia, but have been a major influencer in China, Africa, North America, and the Middle East, to name but a few. Professor Kadambot Siddique has made outstanding contributions to agriculture in research, education and industry development. His research on the adaptation, physiology, genetics and agronomy of crops has boosted cereal and grain legume production in dryland environments

Adam Kinnest talks us through what it's like to be part of the entrepreneurial journey with GemStar. He gives more insight into the YoungGems program that will start in June 2020. This program is a collaboration between Multicultural Futures, the City of Canning and GemStar.

In this episode we talk to Gemma Manning, founder of Young Gems and Manning and Co. She is an entrepreneur and strategic marketing professional. Gemma has successfully established two businesses with international reach and is expanding across the Asian market. Her YoungGems program has already made a huge impact on the hearing impaired community in Western Australia, and later this year, people from a migrant or refugee background will have the opportunity be part of the next cohort of YoungGems being trained up by her team.

In this episode we talk to the Mayor of the City of Canning, Patrick Hall, about the cities initiatives in helping people from a migrant or refugee background.

Meet Azadeh Najafian who decided to join her Iranian father and mother in the family-owned business after completing her architecture degree.