141. The Faada-Adda Conversations with Mariam Issoufou Kamara (Part III): Future Faada Adda with AbdouMaliq Simone

Original Drawing by Tori Haynes

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.

Timestamp Outline 

4:16    Faada Adda – explanation

15:40   "If the Adda is the male space, what is happening to the women extentialities?" AMS

18:44 What is the women version of the Faada?

19:33    Rakya + Gedi

23:21 What is the newer "faada"? Malls?

27:42 Moving one place to another: "A way to spend time in a public situation without the need of trying to explain oneself, or feel accountable for what one is" AMS

34:40    "The Faada as an anchor, the entrance, and relationship to the outside world" MIK

38:31 How would someone who is practicing create Faada Adda spaces?