As you tune in to what might sound like a secretly recorded conversation, I hope you find yourself wondering about the lives behind the voices—their journeys, their longings, their silences. I hope you imagine the places Muhammad Gardo Baquaqua once walked: the bustling and dirty streets of New York, the free air of Canada, the revolutionary soil of Haiti. Picture New York between 1845 and 1860, alive with contradictions—abolitionist fervor, immigrant dreams, and the haunting shadow of slavery and racism. But above all, I hope this listening leads you to understand one question that opens a door: Who was Muhammad Gardo Baquaqua, and what can we learn from the extraordinary story of his life? 

The Lives Behind Voices - Paul Lovejoy in Conversation with Rahma Maccarone

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