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Her grandmother’s hands shaped her.

StoryCorps Shorts: Grandma's Hands POV

Premiered October 12, 2023
StoryCorps Shorts: Grandma's Hands

Madzimoyo Owusu, who grew up in the same three-story apartment building as her grandparents in Chicago’s West Side in the 1970s, remembers always feeling protected by her grandmother—even when they would just sit in silence. At StoryCorps, she opens up to her daughter, Johannah, about how her grandmother’s gentle, yet powerful, spirit left a lasting imprint on her life.

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