Home will be with me wherever I go, by Nadia Owusu
Meditative Story
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4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
As the daughter of UN diplomat, Nadia Owusu grows up across several worlds. Trailing her father from Africa to Europe before moving to the United States for university, Nadia grapples with her fractured identity. But when Nadia returns to her father's village in Ghana, she finds an unexpected and affirming answer to who she is.
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| 0:00.0 | Whether you're a long-time listener of meditative story or just joining us for the first time, |
| 0:05.3 | you might hear new ideas and perspectives that will shape the way you think about your |
| 0:09.2 | own lived experience. |
| 0:11.0 | Let's lean into that. |
| 0:13.6 | After all, narrative is how we make sense of the world around us. |
| 0:18.2 | And as we think about how storytelling can bring about generative change in our world, |
| 0:22.6 | I want to recommend another podcast. |
| 0:25.0 | It's called Snap Judgment. |
| 0:27.1 | Much like meditative story, every episode of Snap Judgment is crafted with an original |
| 0:31.7 | music score, dropping you directly into the storytellers world through cinematic music |
| 0:37.1 | and sensory details. |
| 0:39.2 | The stories are raw, real, rhythmic, and certainly worth a listen. |
| 0:45.3 | Again, the show is called Snap Judgment, and you can experience its soulful storytelling |
| 0:50.8 | wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:00.0 | The scenery of the city fades into the background as the bus pulls into a copper colored road. |
| 1:07.8 | Large swaths of vivid green forests shadow us on both sides of the highway shrouded in |
| 1:12.2 | mist. |
| 1:16.5 | Every once in a while, someone emerges from the bushes carrying a bucket of water up |
| 1:20.3 | to the roadside. |
| 1:26.8 | The lush forest reminds me of the Ashanti Folktales Baba shared with me in my childhood. |
| 1:40.8 | Nairdya Awusu is genuinely cosmopolitan. |
| 1:44.5 | As the daughter of a diplomat from Ghana, Nairdya spent her childhood traveling between Africa |
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