Item 2019-055/001(03) - Family dinner eating Injera and Tsebhi from a large dish

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Family dinner eating Injera and Tsebhi from a large dish

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2019-055/001(03)

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  • [1994?] (Creation)

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1 video file (2 min., 23 sec. ; 1.01 GB) : MOV, col., sd.

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Item consists of an Eritrean family's home movies featuring a family eating a meal together and discussing a Portuguese related class assignment.

Project and donor(s) contributed description follows: "Lu Asfaha’s family begins the day by preparing their home roasted coffee for the Jebana (coffee pot) on the Assumption of St. Mary. Raised in a family of Christian Orthodox, Lu grew up taking the day off to observe this religious holiday with her family. Food, drinks and even a custom cake is ornamentally laid out to celebrate the day. Lu can be seen animatedly gesturing to the camera as she talks to her uncle behind the camera, a common occurrence in their home movies.

The only footage selected that did not take place on the Assumption of St. Mary is a typical family dinner of the Asfaha eating Injera and Tsebhi from a large dish. Common to many cultures from across the African continent, her family can be seen eating by hand, enjoying the flavourful dish. The adults appear to handle the spice level better than the children.

When asked about her identity, Lu speaks of the unique experience of being Eritrean in Toronto. Being from an East African identity that has a significantly smaller population compared to the Somali and Ethiopian one, the specific social location of Eritreans tends to be either rendered invisible or lumped in with the dominant East African identities represented in the city."

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  • English

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Digital copy available. Email archives@yorku.ca for access.

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Digitized from VHS cassette.

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yul:1152864

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2019/12/20 KCP. Created.

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  • English

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