Hosted by maïmouna · EN · 23 episodes
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nāfolo means wealth in Bambara. 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. nafolo.substack.com
maïmouna hosts nāfolo, a society show with 23 episodes published.
This piece traces Centella asiatica through its Malagasy name, Talapetraka, and the 50,000 women who harvest it by hand each season along the riversides and rice fields of Madagascar. Before it became a global skincare t
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This piece traces the marula tree (Sclerocarya birrea) through ceremony, landscape, and extraction. From the First Fruits festivals of the Zulu and Tsonga, to the women who crack the kernel and press the oil by hand each
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In this episode, we follow frankincense, a resin drawn from a small group of Boswellia trees in the Burseraceae family, growing across the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. These trees thrive in rocky escarpments
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In this episode, we follow the common poppy, Papaver rhoeas, a plant often mistaken for its more potent relative, Papaver somniferum. Unlike the opium poppy, it is smaller and more delicate, with bristly stems, jagged le
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In this piece we explore palm oil as more than a controversial commodity. It becomes a lens to examine environmental narratives, and the tension between individual responsibility and systemic change. From childhood lesso
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This piece traces moringa (Moringa oleifera) through memory, geography, and use. From childhood remedies in West Africa to meals shared in Mali and everyday dishes in South India, moringa appears as a constant yet evolvi
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In this episode we explore the argan tree as more than a resource. It is a keystone species that shapes an entire ecosystem and way of life in southwestern Morocco. Within the Arganeraie Biosphere Reserve, ecological res
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In this episode, we follow the castor plant, first encountered not in its expected homelands, but on a quiet hill in Bordeaux. From that moment, a single plant opens into a story that stretches across continents, histori
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Before it became a skincare staple, qasil came from the gob tree, Ziziphus spina-christi. In this episode, we explore the Gob tree in Somalia, known sidr in the Arab world, a plant rooted in East Africa but carried acros
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In this episode, we follow henna as adornment. We look at early records from the Andalusian geographer al-Bakri, trace how the plant may have traveled through Amazigh and Tuareg communities, and explore the many names it
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In this episode, we follow the henna plant, Lawsonia inermis, a shrub with thin woody branches and small glossy leaves that carry a secret: a red-orange pigment called lawsone. A pigment that stains skin, hair, and cloth
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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 na
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nāfolo means wealth in Bambara. 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 highlight
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nāfolo means wealth in Bambara. in this episode of nāfolo, we trace the baobab (Adansonia digitata) across landscape and lineage — from the fruit (bouye) and the leaves (lalo) to soap, bark, and oil — and consider how it
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nāfolo means wealth in Bambara. in this episode of nāfolo, we trace the story of Vitellaria nilotica and Vitellaria paradoxa, east and west african shea, across land, ritual, chemistry, and commerce. what appears to be a
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nāfolo means wealth in Bambara. in this episode of nāfolo, we follow the story of Vitellaria paradoxa (the shea tree), through beauty rituals, memory, medicine, and meaning. what begins as a reflection on beauty rituals
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welcome back to the return of nàfolo. nàfolo means wealth in bambara. it is a podcast that collects and cultivates stories of seeds and their connections to global african-ness. it functions as a library and digital clas
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We discuss the uniqueness of the bambara bean (Vigna subterranea), an indigenous West African seed, in the role it can play in mitigating the impact of climate change and malnutrition. This episode features Samuel Sarr,
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We discuss how nature comes together in communion to create fabrics with designs. Specifically, looking at the bōgōlanfini, a traditional Mandinga dying technique of cotton. Its iconic patterns that hold cultural signifi
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This episode is an ode to Africa day (May 25) but it is also an exploration of the name change of Acacia, an emblematic genus that was previously shared by Africa, Australia, Americas, and Asia. This episode is a steppin
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nāfolo is hosted by maïmouna. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 23 episodes.
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