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What John H. Speke, Explorer, Can tell Us about Gum Arabic, 2 of 3
As the African explorers Livingston and Burton, the explorer Speke detailed the important uses of gum acacias in local life and in national and international markets. The potential of gums for colonial powers [read colonial U.K.] reflects the market interests that could … Continue reading
Posted in Agroforestry, Botany, Colonialism, Ethnography, Food, Richard Burton, Sudan
Tagged Africa, Gum arabic, John Speke, Samuel Baker, Sudan
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Mungo Park, an 18th Century Ethnologist Explores West Africa
Mungo Park is the first explorer/writer of the 18th century who attempted to interpret local people and places from a local point of view He was influenced by principles and practices of the Enlightenment. picture source – http://www.vialibri.net In this entry we … Continue reading
Posted in Africa-West, Agriculture, Arab traders, Colonial, Cuisine, Ethnography, Food, Mungo Park
Tagged Agriculture, Benowm, crops, Moors, Nankeen breeches, West Africa
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Coptic Easter and A Feast in Rural Egypt – Recipes Included
With Easter upon us, I’m sharing my blog about the holiday in Upper [southern] Egypt: During the years that I spent a good deal of my time working and living in Upper [southern] Egypt while conducting doctoral research, I was … Continue reading
Posted in Coptic, Crop harvests, Cuisine, Easter, Egypt, Egypt-Ancient, Egypt-Recent, Feasts, Food, Nile Valley
Tagged Ancient Egypt, arab food, aysh, bamya, Clarified butter, Coptic Easter, Egypt, food, gargiir, Kishk, Mallow Greens, mulukhiyya, Nile, Okra, Recipes, roast chicken, water buffalo, Water Buffalo Shanks
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Easter Season in Egypt, 1834: ‘Smelling the Breeze’, Making Kishk, Eating Colored Eggs & Salted Fish
Manners and Customs of The Modern Egyptians, by E. Lane, is a two-volume set filled with lore about Egypt during the author’s time (1834). And although it makes for fascinating reading, the book is now largely ‘put down’ by post-colonial theorists … Continue reading
Posted in Colonial, Colonialism, Cuisine, Egypt, Food, Recipes
Tagged Cairo, Copts, Easter, Edward William Lane, fasiikh, food, Kishk, Manners and Customs of The Modern Egyptians, Passover, shamm al-nasiim, Upper Egypt
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Sacred Huts and Magical Aspects of Food
Robert Nassau, as David Livingstone before him, was a missionary, explorer, and recorder of people, geography and customs in the areas through which he traveled and lived. Also, as Livingstone, he was a product of the colonial era of the … Continue reading
The Magicality of Cuisine 4: A Special Dish for a Woman Cultivator, 19th Century Liberia, West Africa
As with other ‘magical dishes’ in this series, it is the context and activities associated with the dish that render it effective – not merely the specified ingredients: Pre-modern cuisine in many parts of the world can be more fully understood … Continue reading
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