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The Roland L. Freeman Collection is now part of the Southern Folklife Collection at the Wilson Special Collections Library. It will be available for research and consultation later this year. It is a gift from the Kohler Foundation, a family foundation that supports the arts and education.
A sprawling archive of Roland L. Freeman's photographs will be housed at the UNC-Chapel Hill Wilson Special Collections Library's Southern Folklife Collection.
Then you can smell it. >> i didn't know it could be so complicated. >> we take this very seriously. >> then we have to taste it. >> okay. >> but there is a specific way to do it. >> i won't do it. what are you doing? >> in this way, the oil will -- >> aerate. >> yeah, it will aerate. >> aerate. yeah. >> wait. how do you do it? >> you put your tongue up. and then you -- >> yeah, but that's delicious, though. >> the reverence for the trees and what they produce here is akin to that felt towards community elders. with such mystical qualities, no wonder the oil is seen as key to unlocking the subl...
It. >> show me how to do it. >> you have to make it a little warmer. all the flavor comes up. then you can smell it. >> i didn't know it could be so complicated. >> we take this very seriously. >> then we have to taste it. >> okay. >> but there is a specific way to do it. >> i won't do it. what are you doing? >> in this way, the oil will -- >> aerate. >> yeah, it will aerate. >> aerate. yeah. >> wait. how do you do it? >> you put your tongue up. and then you -- >> yeah, but that's delicious, though. >> the reverence for the trees and what they produce here is akin to that felt towards communit...
This is on fgm, female genital mutilation. "..and address the root problem and the social dynamics that have allowed fgm to continue. they also target community elders who are the gatekeepers of the traditions and social norms." these gatekeepers are often women. so what are you doing to tackle, in a systematic way, using a model that works, and uniting with forces such as un women? or are you just saying, "0h, we'rejust going to do our own thing?" is there any coordination to what you do? i dislike that question, zeinab. i feel as though you're asking us, why aren't you... why aren't you oper...