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ู
ุน ู
ู ุชุชุญุฏุซ ู
ุฑุฉ ูู ุงูุฃุณุจูุน ุนูู ุงูุฃููุ ุณูุงุก ูุงู ูุฌูุง ููุฌู ุฃู ุนูู ุงูููุณ ุชุงูู
ุ
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To whom do you speak at least once a week, be it face to face or on FaceTime?
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ูู ุนููุงููุง ูู ุชูููู
ูุ ูุง ุฃุชุญุฏุซ ุนู ุฃุตุฏูุงุฆู ุนูู ุงููุงูุณุจูู.
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Be reasonable in your assessment; I'm not talking about your Facebook friends.
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ุฃุชุญุฏุซ ุนู ุงููุงุณ ุงูุฐูู ูุดูููู ุชุฌุฑุจุชู ุงูุนุงุทููุฉ ุงูุฃุณููุนูุฉ.
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I'm speaking of the people who shape your weekly emotional experience.
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ูุงูุฏุชู ูู ุขูุฑุงุุฃุฎุชู ุงูุชูุฃู
ูู ุจูุณุทูุ ุขุตุฏูุงุฆู ุงูู
ูุฑุจูู ูู ูููููุฑู: ูุฐู ุงูุนูุงูุงุช ูู ุงููุทู ุจุงููุณุจุฉ ูู.
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My mother in Accra, my twin sister in Boston, my best friends in New York: these relationships are home for me.
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ุฑูู
ูุง ุงูุซุงูู ูู ุงูุนูุงูุงุช.
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"R" number two, relationships.
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ูุญู ู
ุญูููู ุญูุซ ูุญู
ู ุทููุณูุง ูุนูุงูุงุชูุงุ ููู ููููุฉ ุงุฎุชุจุงุฑ ู
ุญููุชูุง ุชุนุชู
ุฏ ุฌุฒุฆูุงู ุนูู ูููุฏูุง.
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We're local where we carry out our rituals and relationships, but how we experience our locality depends in part on our restrictions.
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ุฃุนูู ุจุงููููุฏุ ุฃูู ุชุณุชุทูุน ุงูุนูุดุ
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By restrictions, I mean, where are you able to live?
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ุฃู ุฌูุงุฒ ุชุญู
ูุ
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What passport do you hold?
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ูู ุฃูุช ู
ููุฏุููููุ ุจุงูุนูุตุฑูุฉุ ุฃู ุฃูู ูุง ุชุญุณ ุฃูู ูู ุงููุทู ุญูุซ ุชุนูุดุ
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Are you restricted by, say, racism, from feeling fully at home where you live?
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ุจุณุจุจ ุงูุญุฑุจ ุงูุฃูููุฉุ ุฃู ุงูุญูุงู
ุฉ ุบูุฑ ุงูุฌูุฏุฉุ ุงูุชุถุฎู
ุงูุงูุชุตุงุฏูุ ู
ู ุฃู ุชุนูุด ุงูู
ุญููุฉ ุงูุชู ููุช ุชุนูุด ูููุง ุทููุณู ุญูู ููุช ุทููุงุ
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By civil war, dysfunctional governance, economic inflation, from living in the locality where you had your rituals as a child?
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ูุฐู ูู ุงูุฎุทูุฉ ุงูุฃูู ุฅุซุงุฑุฉ ุจูู ุงูุฎุทูุงุช ุงูุซูุงุซุ ุณูููู ุงูููุงู
ุนูู ููููุง ุจุงูู
ูุงุฑูุฉ ู
ุน ุงูุทููุณ ูุงูุนูุงูุงุชุ ููู ุงูุณุคุงู ูุฃุฎุฐูุง ุจุจุนูุฏุง ุนู "ุฃูู ุฃูุช ุงูุขูุ"
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This is the least sexy of the Rโs, less lyric than rituals and relationships, but the question takes us past "Where are you now?"
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ุฅูู " ูู
ูุณุช ููุงูุ ู ูู
ุงุฐุงุ"
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to "Why aren't you there, and why?"
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ุงูุทููุณุ ุงูุนูุงูุงุชุ ุงููููุฏ.
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Rituals, relationships, restrictions.
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ุฎุฐ ูุทุนุฉ ู
ู ุงููุฑู ู ุถุน ุชูู ุงูููู
ุงุช ุงูุซูุงุซ ุนูู ุฑุฃุณ ุซูุงุซุฉ ุฃุนู
ุฏุฉุ ุซู
ุญุงูู ู
ูุก ุชูู ุงูุฃุนู
ุฏุฉ ุจูู ุตุฏู ู
ู
ูู.
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Take a piece of paper and put those three words on top of three columns, then try to fill those columns as honestly as you can.
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ุตูุฑู ู
ุฎุชููุฉ ุฌุฏุงู ู
ู ุญูุงุชู ูู ุงูุณูุงู ุงูู
ุญููุ ุนู ูููุชู ูู
ุฌู
ูุนุฉ ู
ู ุงููุฌุงุฑุจุ ูุฏ ุชุธูุฑ.
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A very different picture of your life in local context, of your identity as a set of experiences, may emerge.
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ูุฐุง ุฏุนููุง ูุญุงูู ุฐูู.
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So let's try it.
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ูุฏู ุตุฏูู ุงุณู
ู ุฃููู.
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I have a friend named Olu.
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ูุจูุบ ู
ู ุงูุนู
ุฑ 35 ุณูุฉ.
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He's 35 years old.
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ููุฏ ูุงูุฏุงู ูู ููุฌุฑูุงุ ูุฌุงุกุง ุฅูู ุฃูู
ุงูุจุง ุนู ุทุฑูู ู
ูุญุฉ ุฏุฑุงุณูุฉ.
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His parents, born in Nigeria, came to Germany on scholarships.
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ููุฏ ุฃููู ูู ููุฑู
ุจูุฑุบ ูุนุงุด ุญุชู ุณู ุงูุนุงุดุฑุฉ.
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Olu was born in Nuremberg and lived there until age 10.
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ุญูู ุงูุชููุช ุนุงุฆูุชู ุฅูู ูุงุบูุณุ ุฏุฑุณ ูู ููุฏูุ ุซู
ุฌุงุก ุฅูู ุจุฑููู.
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When his family moved to Lagos, he studied in London, then came to Berlin.
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ูุญุจ ุฃู ูุฐูุจ ุฅูู ููุฌูุฑุจุง-- ุงูุฌูุ ูุงูุทุนุงู
ุ ูุงูุฃุตุฏูุงุก-- ููููู ููุฑู ุงููุณุงุฏ ุงูุณูุงุณู ููุงู.
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He loves going to Nigeria -- the weather, the food, the friends -- but hates the political corruption there.
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ู
ู ุฃูู ููุญุฏุฑุฃููู ุ
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Where is Olu from?
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ูุฏุณู ุตุฏูู ุขุฎุฑ ุงุณู
ู ุฃูุฏู.
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I have another friend named Udo.
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ูู ุฃูุถุง ูุจูุบ ู
ู ุงูุนู
ุฑ 35ุณูุฉ.
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He's also 35 years old.
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ููุฏ ุฃูุฏู ูู ูุฑุทุจุฉ ูู ุดู
ุงู ุบุฑุจ ุงูุขุฑุฌูุชููุ ุญูุซ ูุงุฌุฑ ุฃุฌุฏุงุฏู ู
ู ุฃูู
ุงููุงุ ูุงูุชู ูู ุจูููุฏุงุ ุจุนุฏ ุงูุญุฑุจ.
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Udo was born in Cรณrdoba, in northwest Argentina, where his grandparents migrated from Germany, what is now Poland, after the war.
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ุฏุฑุณ ุฃูุฏู ูู ุจูููุณ ุขูุฑุณุ ููุฏ ุนุงุฏ ูุจู 9 ุณููุงุช ุฅูู ุจุฑููู.
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Udo studied in Buenos Aires, and nine years ago came to Berlin.
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ูู ูุญุจ ุงูุฐูุงุจ ุฅูู ุงูุฃุฑุฌูุชูู-- ุงูุฌูุูุงูุฃูู ู ุงูุฃุตุฏูุงุก-- ููููู ููุฑู ุงููุณุงุฏ ุงูุงูุชุตุงุฏู ููุงู.
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He loves going to Argentina -- the weather, the food, the friends -- but hates the economic corruption there.
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ู
ู ุฃูู ููุญุฏุฑ ุฃูุฏูุ
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Where is Udo from?
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ุจุดุนุฑู ุงูุฃุดูุฑ ู ุนูููู ุงูุฒุฑูุงูุชููุ ูุจุฏู ุฃูุฏู ุฃูู
ุงููุงุ ูููู ูุญู
ู ุฌูุงุฒ ุณูุฑ ุฃุฑุฌูุชูููุ ููุญุชุงุฌ ุชุฃุดูุฑุฉ ููุนูุด ูู ุจุฑููู.
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With his blonde hair and blue eyes, Udo could pass for German, but holds an Argentinian passport, so needs a visa to live in Berlin.
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ููู ุฃูุฏู ู
ู ุงูุฃุฑุฌูุชูู ููุฐุง ุฃู
ุฑ ู
ุชุนูู ุจุดูู ูุจูุฑ ุจุงูุชุงุฑูุฎ.
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That Udo is from Argentina has largely to do with history.
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ูููู ู
ุญููุง ู
ู ุจูููุณ ุฃูุฑุณ ู ุจุฑูููุ ููุฐุง ุฃู
ุฑ ู
ุชุนูู ุจุงูุญูุงุฉ.
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That he's a local of Buenos Aires and Berlin, that has to do with life.
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ุฃููู ุฐู ุงูู
ุธูุฑ ุงูููุฌูุฑู ูุญุชุงุฌ ูุชุฃุดูุฑุฉ ูุฒูุงุฑุฉ ููุฌุฑูุง.
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Olu, who looks Nigerian, needs a visa to visit Nigeria.
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ูุชุญุฏุซ ุงูููุฑูุจุง ู
ุน ูููุฉ ุฅูุฌููุฒูุฉุ ูุงุฅูุฌููุฒูุฉ ุจูููุฉ ุฃูู
ุงููุฉ.
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He speaks Yoruba with an English accent, and English with a German one.
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ุงูุฅุฏุนุงุก ุจุฃูู " ููุณ ุญูุงู ููุฌุฑูุง" ูู ุงูู
ูุงุจูุ ูููู ุชุฌุฑุจุชู ูู ูุงุบูุณุ ู ุงูุทููุณ ุงูุชู ู
ุงุฑุณูุง ุฎูุงู ุญูุงุชูุ ูุนูุงูุชู ู
ุน ุนุงุฆูุชู ูุฃุตุฏูุงุฆู.
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To claim that he's "not really Nigerian," though, denies his experience in Lagos, the rituals he practiced growing up, his relationship with family and friends.
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ููู ุงูููุช ููุณูุ ุนูู ุฑุบู
ู
ู ููู ูุงุบูุณ ูู ุจุงูุชุฃููุฏ ุฃุญุฏ ุฃูุทุงููุ ุฏุงุฆู
ุง ู
ุงูุดุนุฑ ุฃููู ุจุฃูู ู
ููุฏ ููุงูุ ููุณ ุนูู ุงูุฃูู ูุฃูู ูู ุงูุญูููุฉ ุดุงุฐ.
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Meanwhile, though Lagos is undoubtedly one of his homes, Olu always feels restricted there, not least by the fact that he's gay.
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ููุงูู
ุง ูู ู ุฃูุฏู ู
ููุฏุงู ุจุธุฑูู ุณูุงุณูุฉ ุฎุงุตุฉ ุจุฏูู ุขุจุงุฆูู
. ู
ู ุงูุนูุด ุญูุซ ุชูุฌุฏ ุจุนุถ ู
ู ุทููุณูู
ูุนูุงูุงุชูู
ุงูุชู ุชุนูู ููู
ุงููุซูุฑ.
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Both he and Udo are restricted by the political conditions of their parents' countries, from living where some of their most meaningful rituals and relationships occur.
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ูุตุฑููุง ุงูููู ุขู ุขููู ู
ู ููุฌูุฑูุง ู ุขูุฏู ู
ู ุขุฑุฌูุชูู ุนู ุงููุธุฑ ูุชุฌุงุฑุจูู
ุงูู
ุดุชุฑูุฉ.
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To say Olu is from Nigeria and Udo is from Argentina distracts from their common experience.
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ุทููุณูู
ุ ู ุนูุงูุงุชูู
ู ูููุฏูู
ู
ุชุดุงุจูุฉ
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Their rituals, their relationships, and their restrictions are the same.
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ุจุงูุทุจุนุ ุนูุฏู
ุง ูุณุฃูุ " ู
ู ุฃูู ุฃูุชุ"
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Of course, when we ask, "Where are you from?"
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ูุญู ูุณุชุฎุฏู
ููุนุง ู
ู ุงูุงุฎุชุฒุงู.
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we're using a kind of shorthand.
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ู
ู ุงูุณูู ููู :"ููุฌุฑูุง" ุนูุถุง ุนู "ูุงุบูุณ ู ุจุฑูููุ" ููู
ุง ูู ุงูุญุงู ู
ุน ุฎุฑุงุฆุท ุฌูุฌู ูู
ูููุง ุฏุงุฆู
ุง ุงูุชูุฑูุจ ู
ู ุจูุฏ ุฅูู ู
ุฏููุฉ ุฅูู ุญู.
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It's quicker to say "Nigeria" than "Lagos and Berlin," and as with Google Maps, we can always zoom in closer, from country to city to neighborhood.
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ูููู ูุฐุง ููุณ ุชู
ุงู
ุงู ุงูู
ุบุฒู
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But that's not quite the point.
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ุงููุฑู ุจูู " ู
ู ุฃูู ุฃูุช"
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The difference between "Where are you from?"
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ู " ู
ู ุฃูู ุฃูุช ู
ุญููุงุ"
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and "Where are you a local?"
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ููุณุช ููุนูุฉ ุงูุฌูุงุจุ ุฅูู
ุง ูู ุจููุฉ ุงูุณุคุงู.
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isn't the specificity of the answer; it's the intention of the question.
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ุงุณุชุจุฏุงู ูุบุฉ ุงูุฌูุณูุฉ ู
ุน ุงููุบุฉ ุงูู
ุญููุฉ ุชุชุทูุจ ู
ูุง ุชุญููู ุชุฑููุฒูุง ุฅูู ู
ูุงู ุงูุฐู ูุนูุด ููู ุญูููุฉ.
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Replacing the language of nationality with the language of locality asks us to shift our focus to where real life occurs.
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ุญุชู ุฃู ุงูุชุนุจูุฑ ุงูุขูุซุฑ ุชู
ุฌูุฏุง ููุจูุฏ ุ ู ูููุฃุณ ุงูุนุงูู
ุ ูุนุทููุง ูุฑู ูุทููุฉ ูุชููู ู
ุนุธู
ูุง ู
ู ูุงุนุจูู ู
ุชุนุฏุฏู ุงูู
ุญููุฉ.
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Even that most glorious expression of countryhood, the World Cup, gives us national teams comprised mostly of multilocal players.
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ููุญุฏุฉ ููุงุณ ูุชุฌุงุฑุจ ููุชุฌุฑุจุฉ ุงูุฅูุณุงููุฉุ ูุฅู ุงูุจูุฏ ููุณ ู
ุนูุงุฑุง ุฏูููุง.
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As a unit of measurement for human experience, the country doesn't quite work.
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ุฐูู ู
ุง ูุฌุนู ุฃููู ููููุ "ุฃูุง ุฃูู
ุงููุ ููู ูุงูุฏู ููุญุฏุฑุงู ู
ู ููุฌูุฑูุง."
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That's why Olu says, "I'm German, but my parents come from Nigeria."
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"ููู" ูู ุชูู ุงูุฌู
ูุฉ ุชูุฐุจ ุนุฏู
ู
ุฑููุฉ ุงููุญุฏุงุชุ ูุญุฏุฉ ุซุงุจุชุฉ ูุฃุฎุฑู ุฎูุงููุฉ ุชุตุทุฏู
ุจุจุนุถูุง ุงูุจุนุถ.
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The "but" in that sentence belies the inflexibility of the units, one fixed and fictional entity bumping up against another.
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" ุขูุง ู
ุญูู ู
ู ููุบูุณ ู ุจุฑููู" ุชูุชุฑุญ ุงูุชุฌุงุฑุจ ุงูู
ุชุฏุงุฎูุฉุ ุงูุทุจูุงุช ุงูุชู ุชุฏู
ุฌ ู
ุนุงู ุู ุงูุชู ูุงูู
ูู ุฅููุงุฑูุง ุฃู ุฅุฒุงูุชูุง.
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"I'm a local of Lagos and Berlin," suggests overlapping experiences, layers that merge together, that can't be denied or removed.
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ูู
ููู ุฃู ุชุฃุฎุฐ ู
ูู ุฌูุงุฒ ุณูุฑูุ ููู ูุงูู
ููู ุฃู ุชุขุฎุฐ ู
ูู ุชุฌุฑุจุชู.
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You can take away my passport, but you can't take away my experience.
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ุชูู ุงูุชู ุฃุญู
ููุง ู
ุนู.
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That I carry within me.
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ุฃุตูู ูู ูู ู
ูุงู ุฃุฐูุจ ุฅููู.
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Where I'm from comes wherever I go.
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ูุฃููู ูุงุถุญุฉุูุฃูุง ูุง ุฃูุชุฑุญ ุงูุชุฎูู ุนู ุงูุฏูู.
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To be clear, I'm not suggesting that we do away with countries.
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ููุงู ุงููุซูุฑ ู
ู
ุง ูู
ูู ูููู ุนู ุงูุชุงุฑูุฎ ุงููุทููุ ูุฃูุซุฑ ู
ู ุฐูู ุนู ุงูุฏููุฉ ุงูุณูุงุฏูุฉ.
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There's much to be said for national history, more for the sovereign state.
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ุงูุซูุงูุฉ ู
ูุฌูุฏุฉ ูู ุงูู
ุฌุชู
ุน ูุงูู
ุฌุชู
ุน ู
ูุฌูุฏ ูู ุงูุณูุงู.
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Culture exists in community, and community exists in context.
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ุงูุฌุบุฑุงููุงุ ูุงูุชูุงููุฏุ ูุงูุฐุงูุฑุฉ ุงูุฌู
ุงุนูุฉ: ูุฐู ุงูุขู
ูุฑ ู
ูู
ุฉ.
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Geography, tradition, collective memory: these things are important.
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ู
ุงุฃุชุณุงุกู ุจุดุฃูู ูู ุงูุฃููููุฉ.
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What I'm questioning is primacy.
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ูู ุชูู ุงูู
ูุฏู
ุงุช ูู ุงูุฌููุฉ ุจุฏุฃุช ุจุงูุนูุฏุฉ ุฅูู ุงูุฃู
ุฉุ ููุฃู ู
ุนุฑูุฉ ู
ู ุฃู ุจูุฏ ุฃุชูุช ุณูุนุทู ุฌู
ููุฑูููุฑุฉ ุนู
ู ุฃููู.
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All of those introductions on tour began with reference to nation, as if knowing what country I came from would tell my audience who I was.
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ู
ุงูุฐู ูุณุนู ุฅููู ุญูุงุุจุงูู
ูุงุจูุ ุญุณู ูุณุฃู ู
ู ุฃู ุจูุฏ ููุญุฏุฑ ุดุฎุต ู
ุงุ
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What are we really seeking, though, when we ask where someone comes from?
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ู ู
ุง ุงูุฐู ูุฑุงู ุญูุงู ุนูุฏู
ุง ูุณู
ุน ุงูุฌูุงุจุ
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And what are we really seeing when we hear an answer?
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ููุฐุง ุงุญุชู
ุงู ูุงุญุฏ: ุจุงูุฃุณุงุณุูุงูุฏูู ุชู
ุซู ุงูููุฉ.
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Here's one possibility: basically, countries represent power.
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"ู
ู ุฃูู ุฃูุชุ" ุงูู
ูุณูู.ุจูููุฏุง.ุจูุบูุงุฏูุด.ููุฉ ุฃุถุนู.
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"Where are you from?" Mexico. Poland. Bangladesh. Less power.
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ุฃู
ุฑููุง.ุฃูู
ุงููุง.ุงููุงุจุงู.ููุฉ ุฃูุจุฑ.
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America. Germany. Japan. More power.
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ุงูุตูู.ุฑูุณูุง.ุฏูู ุบุงู
ุถุฉ.
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China. Russia. Ambiguous.
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ู
ู ุงูู
ู
ููุ ุฃู ูููู ู
ู ุฏูู ุฃู ูุฏุฑู ุจุตุฏุฏ ูุนุจ ูุนุจุฉ ุงูููุฉุ ุฎุงุตุฉ ูู ุณูุงู ุงูุจูุฏุงู ู
ุชุนุฏุฏุฉ ุงูุฃุนุฑุงู.
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It's possible that without realizing it, we're playing a power game, especially in the context of multi-ethnic countries.
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ูู
ุง ูุนูู
ูู ู
ูุงุฌุฑ ุฌุฏูุฏุ ูุงูุณุคุงู " ู
ู ุฃูู ุฃุชูุชุ" ุฃู" ู
ู ุฃูู ุฃูุช ุญูููุฉุ"
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As any recent immigrant knows, the question "Where are you from?" or "Where are you really from?"
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ูููู ุบุงูุจุง ุดูุฑุฉ ู" ูู
ุงุฐุง ุฃูุช ููุงุ"
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is often code for "Why are you here?"
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ุซู
ูุฏููุง ูุชุงุจุฉ ุงูุนุงูู
ููููุงู
ุฏุฑุงุณููุณ ู
ู ูุฎุจุฉ ุงููููุงุช ุงูุขู
ุฑูููุฉ
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Then we have the scholar William Deresiewicz's writing of elite American colleges.
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"ูุนุชูุฏ ุงูุทูุงุจ ุฃู ุจูุฆุชูู
ู
ุชููุนุฉ ุฅู ูุงู ุฃุญุฏูู
ู
ู ู
ูุณูุฑู ูุงูุขุฎุฑ ู
ู ุจุงูุณุชุงู-- ููุง ููู
ุฅู ูุงู ุขุจุงุคูู
ุฃุทุจุงุก ุฃู ู
ุตุฑูููู."
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"Students think that their environment is diverse if one comes from Missouri and another from Pakistan -- never mind that all of their parents are doctors or bankers."
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ุฃุชูู ู
ุนู.
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I'm with him.
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ูุฅุทูุงู ุตูุฉ ุฃู
ุฑููู ุนูู ุทุงูุจุ ูุจุงูุณุชุงูู ุนูู ุขุฎุฑุ ูุจุนุฏูุง ุงูุชูุงุฎุฑ ุจุชููุน ุงููุณูุฌ ุงูุทูุงุจู ููุฐุง ููุตู ูุงูุน ุฃู ูุคูุงุก ุงูุทูุจุฉ ูู
ู
ุญูููู ู
ู ููุณ ุงููุณุท.
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To call one student American, another Pakistani, then triumphantly claim student body diversity ignores the fact that these students are locals of the same milieu.
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ูููุทุจู ุงูุดูุก ููุณู ุนูู ุงูุทุฑู ุงูุขุฎุฑ ู
ู ุงูุทูู ุงูุฅูุชุตุงุฏู.
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The same holds true on the other end of the economic spectrum.
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ุงูุจุณุชุงูู ุงูู
ูุณููู ูู ููุณ ุฃูุฌููุณ ูู
ุฏุจุฑุฉ ุงูู
ูุฒู ุงูููุจุงููุฉ ูู ุฏููู ูุฏููู
ุงููุซูุฑ ู
ู ุงูููุงุณู
ุงูู
ุดุชุฑูุฉ ู
ู ุญูุซ ุงูุทููุณ ูุงููููุฏ ุงูุชู ุชู
ูููุง ุงูุฌูุณูุฉ.
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A Mexican gardener in Los Angeles and a Nepali housekeeper in Delhi have more in common in terms of rituals and restrictions than nationality implies.
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ุฑุจู
ุง ู
ุดููุชู ุงููุจุฑู ู
ุน ุงููุงุฏู
ูู ู
ู ุงูุฏูู ูู ุฃุณุทูุฑุฉ ุงูุนูุฏุฉ ุฅูููุง.
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Perhaps my biggest problem with coming from countries is the myth of going back to them.
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ูุซูุฑุง ู
ุง ุฃุณุฃู ุฅู ููุช ุฃุฎุทุท "ููุนูุฏุฉ" ุฅูู ุบุงูุง.
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I'm often asked if I plan to "go back" to Ghana.
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ุฃุฐูุจ ุฅูู ุขูุฑุง ูู ุณูุฉุ ููู ูุง ูู
ูููู "ุงูุนูุฏุฉ "ุฅูู ุบุงูุง.
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I go to Accra every year, but I can't "go back" to Ghana.
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ููุณ ูุฃููู ูู
ุฃููุฏ ููุงู.
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It's not because I wasn't born there.
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ูุง ูุณุชุทูุน ุฃุจู ุงูุนูุฏุฉ ููุงูุุฃูุถุง.
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My father can't go back, either.
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ุงูุฏููุฉ ุงูุชู ููุฏ ูููุงุ ุชูู ุงูุฏููุฉ ูู
ูุนุฏ ููุง ูุฌูุฏ.
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The country in which he was born, that country no longer exists.
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ูุง ูู
ูู ุฃู ูุนูุฏ ูู
ูุงู ู
ุง ููุฌุฏู ุชู
ุงู
ุง ูู
ุง ุชุฑููุงู.
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We can never go back to a place and find it exactly where we left it.
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ุดูุก ู
ุงุูู ู
ูุงู ู
ุง ูุง ู
ุญุงูุฉ ุณูุชุบูุฑุ ุงูุขูู
ู
ู ุฐูู ูููุ ุฃููุณูุง.
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Something, somewhere will always have changed, most of all, ourselves.
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ุงููุงุณ.
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People.
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ููู ุงูุขุฎูุฑ ู
ุงูุชุญุฏุซ ุนูู ูู ุงูุชุฌุฑุจุฉ ุงูุฅูุณุงููุฉุ ูุฐู ุงููุถูุฉ ุงูู
ุนุฑููุฉ ู ุงูู
ุฌูุฏุฉ ูุบูุฑ ุงูู
ุฑุชุจุฉ.
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Finally, what we're talking about is human experience, this notoriously and gloriously disorderly affair.
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ูู ุงููุชุงุจุฉ ุงูุฅุจุฏุงุนูุฉ ูุงูู
ุญููุฉ ุชูู
ุนู ุงูุฅูุณุงููุฉ.
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In creative writing, locality bespeaks humanity.
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ููู
ุง ุนุฑููุง ุฃูุซุฑ ุนูู ู
ูุงู ุจุฏุงูุฉ ุงููุตุฉุ ููู
ุง ุจุฏุฃูุง ูุชุญุณุณ ุงูููู ู ุงููุณุฌ ุงูู
ุญููุ ููุชุญุณุณ ุงูุฅูุณุงููุฉ ู ุงูุดุฎุตูุงุช ุจุดูู ุฃูุจุฑุ ูููู
ุง ุฃุญุณุณูุง ุจุตูุฉ ุฃูุจุฑุูููุณ ุงูุนูุณ.
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The more we know about where a story is set, the more local color and texture, the more human the characters start to feel, the more relatable, not less.
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ุฃุณุทูุฑุฉ ุงููููุฉ ุงููุทููุฉ ูู
ูุฑุฏุงุช" ูุงุฏู
ู
ู" ุชุฏุฎููุง ูู ู
ุชุงูุฉ ูุถุน ุฃููุณูุง ูู ุฎุงูุงุช ุญุตุฑูุฉ ุญูุงู ุจุนุถูุง ุงูุจุนุถ.
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The myth of national identity and the vocabulary of coming from confuses us into placing ourselves into mutually exclusive categories.
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ูู ุงููุงูุน ูู ูุงุญุฏ ู
ูุง ู
ุชุนุฏุฏ ุงูู
ุญููุฉ ูู
ุชุนุฏุฏ ุงูุทุจูุงุช.
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In fact, all of us are multi -- multi-local, multi-layered.
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ุจุฏุก ู
ุญุงุฏุซุงุชูุง ุจุงูุงุนุชุฑุงู ุจูุฐุง ุงูุชุนููุฏ ููุฑุจ ุจุนุถูุง ูุจุนุถุูู ุงุนุชูุงุฏูุ ูููุณ ุงูุนูุณ.
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To begin our conversations with an acknowledgement of this complexity brings us closer together, I think, not further apart.
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ุฅุฐุง ูู ุงูู
ุฑุฉ ุงููุงุฏู
ุฉ ุงูุชู ูุชู
ููู ุชูุฏูู
ูุ ุฃุญุจุฐ ุฃู ุฃุณู
ุน ุงูุญูููุฉ: "ุชุงูุง ุณููุงุณู ูู ุฅูุณุงูุฉุูู
ุง ุงูุฌู
ูุน ููุง.
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So the next time that I'm introduced, I'd love to hear the truth: "Taiye Selasi is a human being, like everybody here.
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ูู ููุณุช ู
ูุงุทูุฉ ู
ู ุงูุนุงูู
ุ ุจู ู
ูุงุทูุฉ ู
ู ุนุฏุฉ ุนูุงูู
.
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She isn't a citizen of the world, but a citizen of worlds.
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ูู ู
ุญููุฉ ู
ู ูููููุฑูุุฑูู
ุง ู ุฃูุฑุง."
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She is a local of New York, Rome and Accra."
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ุดูุฑุงู.
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Thank you.
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ุญุธูุช ุจุดุฑูู ุนุธูู
ู ููุณูุฑูุฃู
ุงูู ู
ุฏูุดุฉุ ูุชุตููุฑ ุงูู
ูุงุธุฑ ุงูุทุจูุนูุฉ ุงูุจุนูุฏุฉ ูุงูุซูุงูุงุช ุงููุงุฆูุฉ ูู ูู ุฃูุญุงุก ุงูุนุงูู
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So I've had the great privilege of traveling to some incredible places, photographing these distant landscapes and remote cultures all over the world.
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ุฃุญุจ ุนู
ูู.
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I love my job.
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ููู ุงููุงุณ ุชุนุชูุฏ ุงููุง ู
ุฌุฑุฏ ุณูุณูุฉ ู
ู ุงูู
ุดุงูุฏ ุงูุฌู
ููุฉ ูู
ุดุงูุฏ ุดุฑูู ุงูุดู
ุณ ูุฃููุงุณ ูุฒุญ ุบูุฑ ุฃููุง ูู ุงููุงูุน ูู ุฃุดุจู ุจุดูุกู ู
ู ูุฐุง ุงููุจูู.
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But people think it's this string of epiphanies and sunrises and rainbows, when in reality, it looks more something like this.
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ูุฐุง ู
ูุงู ุนู
ูู.
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This is my office.
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ูุง ูุณุชุทูุน ุชุญู
ู ุชูุงููู ุงูู
ุณุงูู ุงููุฎู
ุฉ ููููู
ู
ุณุงุกูุ ูุฐูู ููุงู
ูุซูุฑุงู ูู ุงูุนุฑุงุก.
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We can't afford the fanciest places to stay at night, so we tend to sleep a lot outdoors.
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