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Apr 2023
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141. The Faada-Adda Conversations with M...

VIKRAM PRAKASH
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This week, we are joined again with Mariam Issoufou Kamara and AbdouMaliq Simone, where we talk about the “Faada” and “Adda” as hangout spaces, and go in depth of what future Faada and Adda spaces would look like with urban inhabitation.

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