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A Chat on the Stoop: Hasna Muhammad and In Deep Water

The Moth

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The Importance of Swimming in Our Roots

Leela: Some think that the reason why we don't swim is because of trauma associated with transatlantic slave trade. But Kevin says, I haven't seen really any evidence supporting that. He thinks there were more attempts to find connection to things that were part of their past. Leela: There's no genetic reason that black people cannot swim or don't swim. The World Health Organization lists Africa as the highest rate of drowning in the world.

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