In My Tongue
In My Tongue is a multilingual interactive documentary that looks at the relationships people have with the different languages they speak.
A series of interviews were conducted from January to April 2021 with nine people from Canada and Kenya in several languages, including Bemba, English, French, Kikuyu, Lingala, Meru, and Swahili.
The project leads, Candide and Trish, worked on the project during their graduate studies in Digital Futures at OCAD U. Candide, a Canadian of Congolese descent, and Trish, who is Kenyan, both conducted and participated in the interviews.
Candide interviewed four Canadian participants: Lumenganu and Gabrièla, who are of Congolese descent; Wanda, who is of Polish and Nicaraguan descent; and Z, who is of Congolese and Zambian descent. Trish interviewed three participants; Mwenda, Roy, and Salome, all of whom are Kenyan.
The series of audio snippets explores the many layers, nuances, and politics that reside within and between languages.