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OjaExpress Delivers Slice of Home
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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Feb 15, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
While other kids were bringing turkey or bologna sandwiches to school, Boyede Sobitan was packing jollof rice with goat meat. Sobitan grew up in Uptown and suburban Dolton, and he remembers how difficult it was for his Nigerian mother to get the traditional ingredients she needed. Often it meant spending all day at specialty markets that were far from where they lived. That’s why Sobitan and his business partner Fola Dada created OjaExpress, a delivery app for ethnic foods. Lead producer Carrie Shepherd talks with Sobitan about how it works and why having access to your cultural food is so important.
Guest: Boyede Sobitan—Co-founder, OjaExpress
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Guest: Boyede Sobitan—Co-founder, OjaExpress
Some Good News: Funkytown Brewery and Grown Folks Stories at Haymarket Pub and Brewery
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Released:
Feb 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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