nāfolo means wealth in Bambara.

in this episode, we follow black seed, Nigella sativa, a small flowering plant in the buttercup family whose delicate petals give way to tiny matte black seeds. a seed that carries many names: black cumin, kalonji, habbat al-barakah, the seed of blessing. a seed whose story stretches across the eastern mediterranean, north africa, and southwest asia, through kitchens, healing traditions, and sacred texts.

nāfolo is the podcast that collects and cultivates the stories of seeds related to global african-ness. It functions as a library and digital classroom of seed consciousness that highlights the biodiversity of african products. We do so by rooting ourselves in informed culture, politics, science, economy.

join us to hear the stories of seeds told by their stewards.

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