Episode 12: Naming

In 1810, the Ventura twins search for the beat of three motherlands in a Wolof village in the Saint-Louis region of Senegal in West Africa. They meet Idrissa, who invites them to a baby-naming ceremony for his nephew.

EPISODE CREDITS

Written and directed by Dania Ramos

Audio engineering, sound design, and music by Michael Aquino

Episode art layout: M. Aquino; original image: shutterstock/design36

Leilany Figueroa as Alexa Ventura

Claudio Venancio as Beni Ventura

Orlando Segarra as Horacio Méndez

Alicia Rivas as Atabey

Darin F. Earl II as Idrissa

Rachel Faison as Fatou

Gary Kayi Fletcher as Malik

Daria M. Sullivan as Aminata

Additional voices: Moutarou Diallo, Amanda Faison, Jane Mandel

Guest Musicians: Lara Gonzalez, Christopher White

Culture/Language Consultants: Aida Guisse, Arame Niang

History/Regional/Language Consultant: Moutarou Diallo

Additional research source: Ousmane Traore, Assistant Professor of African History, Pomona college

Thanks for the Share-out, Blythe! Blythe can be heard on the podcast Unspookable.

Special thanks to Patrick Epino.

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