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Ocean Explorer • Author • Storyteller • Speaker • Freedive • Ambassadiver • Black Mermaid Foundation

Cape Town, South Africa
Joined September 2009
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I’m so excited to share the most beautiful ocean inspired children’s book - Zandi’s Song! Available in stores Mid May! To the expansion of dreams and worlds 💙🧜🏽‍♀️✨ @PanMacmillanSA 💙💙🧜🏽‍♀️🧜🏽‍♀️✨ – at Guanacaste, Costa Rica
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So honoured to be nominated in the Glamour Women of The Year 2024 awards under the ‘Next Gen’ category, celebrating young women making strides in their respective fields 💙 it’s open to the public vote —-> forms.gle/WyoySeDRP591fu9d8 💙🧜🏽‍♀️✨
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Honoured to be part of the @LewisPughFDN’s #EnvironmentalSportsChampions list amongst some really inspiring people! See the full list here: lewispughfoundation.org/spor…
Sport gives us athletes the opportunity to stand up and be a voice for the places we love and use. Meet the second wave of the @LewisPughFDN's #EnvironmentalSportsChampions 🌍🏊‍♂️👇 lewispughfoundation.org/spor…
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I’m so proud to share that Zandi’s Song is now available in Portuguese too! Launching @bienaldolivrosp - visit our stand aaaand, you can order yours ——> viajantedotempo.com/loja/can… 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽
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I’m so excited to share that my @TEDx talk is live ——> youtu.be/xOxfSMAb6z4?si=D9Dz…. Share far and wide, I’d also love to know what resonated for you 💙🧜🏽‍♀️✨
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The most incredible experience ramping up for Shark Week with @JohnCena 🔥🔥🔥
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Such an honour to be a speaker at @weareafricatravel this year, it’s incredible to see how the travel industry is ofcourse inextricably linked to conservation, My beautiful Africa 💙🧜🏽‍♀️✨ #encountertheextraordinary. #WAA2024 #WeAreAfrica
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Thank you for this feature fam 💙
For 35-year-old Zandi Ndhlovu, her love for the ocean and deep waters is extraordinary; today, she is South Africa's first black female freediving instructor trtafrika.com/lifestyle/zand…
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Her name is @Zandithemermaid , she is a brave freediver. We know there is a whole world waiting to be explored beneath the surface, and she is here to show you its beauty on her Redmi Note 13 Pro. Every plunge is a chance to push her limits and chase the dreams that fuel her soul. Dive in deep with courage and make it iconic. #RedmiNote13Series #EveryShotIconic
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The most incredible opportunity to be at the UN Ocean Decade Week Conference in Barcelona as Master of Ceremony for the Africa Session talking African Oceans & The Decade narrative, and then going on to tell the power of our stories in continent, What a time to be alive 💙
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Thank you fam 💙🧜🏽‍♀️🙏🏾
thank you ⁦@CBSMornings⁩ ⁦@vladduthiersCBS⁩ ⁦@tonydokoupil⁩ ⁦@Jerickaduncan⁩ for a great show. The interview with ⁦@Zandithemermaid⁩ was amazing👏🏽👏🏽Bravo #blackmermaid
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I see the vision ☺️☺️💙💙💙
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So thankful for the opportunities to share my heart, this weekend we head to @SonomaFilmFest for the World Premiere of Shaped by Water, amazing to be on @liveinthebaytv talking all things film, book and @Blackmermaid_F 🫶🏽 kron4.com/live-in-the-bay/po… – at California, USA
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I am so proud to share that Amazon Publishing has bought the global distribution rights for Zandi’s Song in English! It’s available for pre order & will officially be released on 26 March for delivery worldwide! 🧜🏽‍♀️✨ Zandi's Song a.co/d/2In0EnF – at Hawaii, USA
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The excitement in my heart… to see this beautiful story live globally in all the ways… wow ❤️ – at Centurion, South Africa
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It’s curious how probably for the last 5 years, at my grandmothers in rural KZN, we lose water around 4pm and mostly don’t have running water the 26th & 27th… Im voting with my chest in the upcoming elections 💙 – at South Africa
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Merry Christmas fam! Wishing you a blessed time with you and yours, With Love,
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Big big love!!
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Hello Amazing book I would like to know the song with this message "The seas are alive, The waters are alive From the smallest fish to the biggest whale It is all alive It is all alive." @Zandithemermaid
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My heart 💙🧜🏽‍♀️✨
South African freediver @Zandithemermaid is known as the Black Mermaid. She feels not enough black people are enjoying the continent's beautiful oceans and is on a mission to get more people into the water 🌊 🎧 bbc.in/3GDL7hP
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