It damaged her spinal cord, and she was unable to move without a wheelchair for several months.
Despite the anguish, Ms Joy experienced an overpowering sense of clarity.
“It made me decide that I would live my life to the fullest,” she said on the podcast.
Since her recovery, Ms Joy has devoted her efforts and all of her funds to travel, even transforming a 1980s Nissan van into a mobile home.
Ms. Joy’s biggest adventure occurred this year, when, at the age of 32, she became the first documented black African woman to journey solo from East to West Africa on a motorcycle.
The Afrobeats singer traveled 9,000 kilometers (5,600 miles) from Kenya’s Mombasa to Lagos, Nigeria, over a three-month period.
Along the journey, she encountered breathtaking scenery, visa issues, an underground society of African bikers, solo rides into “scary” forests, and an enormous, tear-jerking homecoming celebration.
“Being alone and going on those roads, not understanding the language, I was always travelling with terror, which was good because my worries keep me alive,” she explains.”
Ms Joy began her quest earlier this year by flying to Kenya and purchasing a 250cc motorcycle, which she named Rory.
