8 episodes
Pounding Fufu Danica Samuel
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- Society & Culture
Pounding Fufu is a collection of multimedia literature and audibles that creatively share the life experiences of humans across the globe.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/poundingfufu.
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Chapter 006 - Fiddleheads on Home and Native Land
Many times when Natasha stepped off the Passing Cloud boat onto foreign terrain, she felt that she might be making history as the first Black person to explore and forage the land.
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Chapter 005 - Eskista, Tibs and Buna: Memories in Toronto’s Addis Abeba
Growing up on Toronto's Danforth, the Habesha culture was fluid from Greenwood to Victoria Park. Aunties and uncles sipped buna, and friends shared Injera amongst each other. This chapter of Pounding Fufu is a memoir of the moments in Toronto's Little Ethiopia, a place vibrant with the sounds of Teddy Afro, sweet-smelling Buna, and people cheerfully anticipating to dance the Eskista at the millennium.
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Chapter 004 - Arrested in Rwanda (Part II)
After the arrest, Gisyeni's peace and Lake Kivu's stillness evoke introspection. With attentiveness to her surroundings and dedication to learning more, Danica uncovers the weight of a nation trying to heal from genocide.
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Chapter 004 - Arrested in Rwanda (Part I)
After a traumatic arrest in Kigali, more incidents from the airport to the mountains mirrored the complexity of a nation still recovering from genocide.
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Chapter 003 - This Seat is Yours
In this chapter of Pounding Fufu, Mount Kilimanjaro teaches an important lesson - that when you judge someone, you take away the time to love them.
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Chapter 002 (Afterword) - Mr. Langevine's Letter
In Chapter 2 - Popsicle Mansions, Mr. Langevine taught students how to turn their popsicle sticks into mansions. Here's a letter he wrote to his Graduating class of 2003/2004.
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