Episode 12: Naming

<p>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.</p> <p><strong>EPISODE CREDITS</strong><br> Written and directed by <a href="https://www.daniaramos.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dania Ramos</a><br> Audio engineering, sound design, and music by <a href="https://www.michaelaquino.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Aquino</a><br> Episode art layout: M. Aquino; original image: shutterstock/design36</p> <p>Leilany Figueroa as Alexa Ventura<br> <a href="http://www.claudiovenancio.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Claudio Venancio</a> as Beni Ventura<br> <a href="http://www.justpressplayhouse.com/about.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Orlando Segarra</a> as Horacio Méndez<br> Alicia Rivas as Atabey<br> Darin F. Earl II as Idrissa<br> Rachel Faison as Fatou<br> Gary Kayi Fletcher as Malik<br> Daria M. Sullivan as Aminata<br> Additional voices: Moutarou Diallo, Amanda Faison, Jane Mandel</p> <p>Culture/Language Consultants: Aida Guisse, Arame Niang<br> History/Regional/Language Consultant: Moutarou Diallo<br> Additional research source: Ousmane Traore, Assistant Professor of African History, Pomona college</p> <p>Thanks for the Share-out, Blythe! Blythe can be heard on the podcast <a href="https://unspookable.simplecast.com/?utm_source=podnews.net&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=podcast-page" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unspookable</a>.<br> <br> Special thanks to Patrick Epino.</p> <p><em>Timestorm</em> is produced by <a href="https://www.cocotazomedia.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cocotazo Media</a> and is a proud member of <a href="http://trax.fm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TRAX</a> from <a href="https://www.prx.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PRX</a>. Additional support comes from the <a href="https://googlecp.prx.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Podcasts creator program</a>.</