I know that Black History Month is a US tradition, I still want to dedicate the month of February to telling the stories of Black and mixed race people in the country. If you are curious about some awesome Icelandic Black history, I suggest watching my video about Hans Jonatan, Iceland’s first black citizen and listening to the podcast episode I did with the Icelandic author of the book about Hans Jonatan, Gisli Pálsson.
To kick that off this month of sharing Black and mixed race stories here, I’m sharing my interview with Innocentia Fiati “Mama Ghana” Friðgeirsson. She is lovingly called Mama Ghana and she is an absolute ball of sunshine. Her happiness is infectious and she has such amazing energy. She has been here for almost two decades and has been spreading her sunshine wherever she goes.
Before jumping into the interview, I want to share the winners of the Icelandic book giveaway. First, thank you to everyone that entered. I choose the winners at random and here they are:
Rodolfo won The Story of the Blue Planet
Kate won LoveStar
Kristi won On Time and Water
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Thank you kindly for listening (and reading) and see you soon!
