Omolola Rachel Ajao

Fufu is a subjective portrait of a first-generation immigrant daughter’s recollection of her mother’s life. Through the creation of a childhood meal of Fufu. The daughter immerses herself into the role of being a vessel of tradition and remembrance. In her laborious reflection, the daughter reminisces on the struggles of continuing tradition amidst personal conflicts and the external reality of journeying, settling and creating home.

In Omolola Ajao's enthralling story of the ghosts of migration, a young woman takes a hard look into her family's past and exposes difficult truths beneath the surface of her African Canadian church community.