Zandile Ndhlovu started the Black Mermaid Foundation to share her love of free diving with communities that lack access to ocean spaces due to South Africa’s racist history. On the World, she takes a big breath and takes listeners on a dive off Sodwana Bay to hear humpback whales and touch infinity.
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