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With a group of BaTwa (pygmy) women potters, with whom we've worked to enhance production and sales of their wonderful pots - fantastic for cooking and serving. To see the 2 blogs on this work enter 'batwa pots' into the search engine located just above this picture. Blog entries throughout this site are about Africa, as well as about the Middle East and life in general - reflecting over 35 years of work and research in Africa and the Middle East – Come and join me!
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Cuisine and Crops in Central Africa – Colonial and Contemporary – Pt. 3
Cuisine before Colonization: What did local people eat, prior to the introduction of New World crops? I ask this, because from the prior blog on Cuisine and Crops in Central Africa, it is primarily New World crops that were mentioned … Continue reading
Posted in Africa-General, Agriculture, Colonialism, Cuisine, History, Uncategorized
Tagged Africa-General, Egypt, food, Middle East, Nile
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Cuisine and Crops in Tropical Africa – Colonial and Contemporary
Revised 13 December 2013 Over the coming months I will continue putting up brief notes on cuisine and crops in Africa, covering the following and related topics. Some of these are summary overviews, not intended to reflect specific conditions … Continue reading
Posted in Africa-General, Agriculture, Colonialism, Cuisine, Food, History-Recent, Livestock
Tagged Africa, Africa-General, Bujumbura, Burundi, Central Africa, Congo, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania
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Cuisines and Crops of Africa – The Lotus Eaters of Central Africa
Lotus plants of the species Nymphaea lotus L. were an important ingredient in African traditional cuisine. Found throughout tropical Africa and in the Nile Valley, their collection and processing for the table is reported by various colonial writers. The frustration, though, … Continue reading
Posted in Africa-General, Agriculture, Colonialism, Cuisine, Egypt-Ancient, European explorers, Explorers & exploration, Food, History-General, Indigenous crops & medicinal plants
Tagged Africa, Africa-General, David Livingstone, Egypt, Khedive, Nile, Royal Geographical Society, Sudan, Zambezi
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Using the Fruits of the Earth: Feasting in Burundi
[First posted November 2009, Revised 23 November 2011] This is the last post I put up in 2009, before entering the hospital for ophthalmic shingles, and repost it as a very nice alternative to Thanksgiving ‘American style’ (no turkeys here!). ++++++++ In spite … Continue reading
Posted in Africa-General, Agriculture, Cuisine, Food, Middle East, Recipes, Social Life
Tagged Africa-General, Bujumbura, Burundi, Georgia, Middle East, Olive oil, Ottoman Empire, Pomegranate, Pomegranate juice
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Post-War Peace Keeping IN Burundi
Keeping the Peace in Burundi – by Working for Peace in Somalia [First posted Juin 2009, Revised 13 November 2011] Peace negotiations in Burundi have brought together all rebel groups and are associated with the long and complex process known … Continue reading
Climate change and the origins of agriculture and complex societies
[First posted May 2010, Revised 04 November 2011] Re-posting an earlier blog on climate change and agriculture, to be followed with a blog on the same topic, but with a focus on the Garamantian kingdom and other groups of North Africa and the … Continue reading
“Efforts of Missionaries among Savages”
[First posted May 2010, Updated 30 October 2011] David Livingstone captured the imagination of Europeans and Americans in the 19th Century, many of whom saw missionizing as THE way to ‘civilize’ African populations. I shall content myself with showing to you that even … Continue reading
Posted in Africa-General, Agriculture, Colonialism, Crop harvests, Dark Continent, European colonizers, European explorers, Explorers & exploration, Hotel Club du Lac Tanganyika2, Humanitarian Assistance, Living here, Race, Religion, Research & Development, Technology, Third World
Tagged Africa, Africa-General, Christianity, David Livingston, Humanitarian Assistance, Middle East, mission, Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa, United States, White Man's Burden
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