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Episode 80: The Sycomore Fig

Your eyes (and ears!) do not deceive you: Though we talked about the Sycamore last episode, we’re now going to be looking at the Sycomore. What’s the difference? Aside from being spelled just a single letter off, the Sycomore is unrelated to the Sycamore — and is also known as the Sycomore Fig! Learn all about how important this Tree of Life is to different African cultures as well as how the Sycomore Fig affects its surrounding ecosystem for the better. 
Music is by Academy Garden (academygarden.bandcamp.com)
Cover Art is by @boomerangbrit on Instagram
Script Editing and Social Media is by Laurie Hilburn (lhilburn.journoportfolio.com)
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Sources:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/sycamore

https://ingridthesnake.com/ecology-of-the-sycamore-fig-tree-species-interactions/

https://desertecos.wordpress.com/2014/11/13/sycamore-fig-tree/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2388305

https://belayadugna.wordpress.com/2014/09/15/the-secret-behind-the-symbolic-representation-of-odaa-tree-for-the-oromo-society/

https://odabultum.com/2020/08/07/odaa-the-sycamore-tree/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/tree-of-life-religion

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https://www.egypt.swan.ac.uk/the-collection-2/the-collection/ec490/

http://sidneyrigdon.com/DRB/BEGIN/sycamore.htm

https://www.fondazioneslowfood.com/en/ark-of-taste-slow-food/sycomore-fig/

https://egyptindependent.com/endangered-species-egypts-tree-love/

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/folklorethe-mukuyu-tree-link-gikuyu-culture-victoria-kamau-heri/

https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/isaiah-9/