Wonjo, Tamarind and the Drinks of the Dry Season
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Wonjo, Tamarind and the Drinks of the Dry Season

Audio11 min KomboMandinka

What is drunk, when, and why it matters.

Hibiscus, baobab, tamarind and ginger — each attached to a season, a household economy and a set of manners about offering.

The recording follows a woman who has sold wonjo outside the same school gate for nineteen years.

She explains sweetness as a social signal, not a preference.

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Wonjo, Tamarind and the Drinks of the Dry Season — photograph 1
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