On Monday, June 1st, experience the MIMA-nominated podcast OmaMa in a unique live edition at Meervaart. Let yourself be drawn into a personal and moving story about family, loss, racism and reconciliation, told by audiomaker and presenter Dija Kabba and musically supported by composer Nana Adjoa. After the performance, the makers will discuss the creation of the documentary and the themes at its core. 

About OmaMa 

When her grandmother develops Alzheimer's, Dija Kabba witnesses how rigid convictions, including the beliefs that once led to her father's rejection, come to the fore more strongly. At the same time, her mother, who once broke away from her conservative Brabant environment, returns to care for her mother. At the invitation of OORZAKEN, NTR DOCS and Buma in Motion, she created the audio documentary OmaMa together with composer Nana Adjoa, a story about loss, racism and reconciliation. 

About OORZAKEN

OORZAKEN is a platform for audio stories and storytellers. Based on the conviction that audio is a powerful medium for empathy, reflection and imagination, OORZAKEN develops projects in which personal stories are central. In addition to the Oorzaken Podcast Academy, the platform also organizes the annual Oorzaken Festival at Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond in Amsterdam.
 
Last year, Meervaart collaborated with OORZAKEN on the Oorzaken Podcast Academy Nieuw-West. Twelve young makers from Nieuw-West were given the opportunity to make their own voices and living environments heard. In Meervaart Studio, they attended workshops from professional podcast makers and learned the basics of research, interview techniques and audio editing. The result is Pleinen vol verhalen: a podcast series in which the squares of Nieuw-West and the people who gather there are at the center. From the August Allebéplein to Plein '40-'45, the makers share personal, lively and relatable stories about encounters, community and daily life in the neighborhood. www.oorzaken.org 

Cover photo Nana Adjoa by © Ole Rethans