Oludae Byrd Interview, October 16, 2021

Okay, could you tell us your name?

My name is Oludae.

Hi, Oludae. Would you mind telling us about your poster?

So this poster here is for Chinatown and I added the symbol from the original artwork, that represents the person, and I made that from the DC flags. And then I added a Chinese dragon and the lanterns here and it's just supposed to represent how all the people in DC can come together.

Oh that's fantastic. And did you guys just happen upon the event today, or?

Yes, we're actually just coming to the library to return some books, and get some new ones, and we saw it. And I really love what was happening. So I wanted to participate.

Oh, that's fantastic. So could you tell me a little bit about what your thoughts are about, Chinatown in DC? And what you think about?

I always loved Chinatown. I grew up here in DC. So I always like Chinatown and I think it's great that we are able to have another culture in DC since DC has all types of different cultures together.

And let's see. Really quickly, I have another question. When you do come down to Chinatown, what are your favorite things to do?

I love the food. I really do love food in Chinatown. I also like to come to the library and just to do all types of different places. I remember the bridge up and I like the crosswalk with all the different Chinese, New Years.

That's fantastic. And would you say you come here fairly often?

I come here, occasionally I came here less often, usually, but I used to come over a lot more.

Anything else you'd like to share with us today?

No, thank you.

Alright. Thank you so much. Appreciate your time.

Thank you.