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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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Cuisines and Crops of Africa, 19th Century – The Limits of Pastoralism as a Lifestyle
[First posted 24 Oct 2009 Revised 04 November 2011] With the Horn of Africa so much in the news now, I am updating and reposting several links that focus on limited resources in the area. Summary: The importance of the relationship … Continue reading
Posted in Africa-East, Breeds of livestock, Colonialism, Cuisine, Environment, Explorers & exploration, fat-Tailed sheep, Food, Horn of Africa, Humanitarian Assistance, John Hanning Speke, Kenya, Livestock, Middle East, Nomadic lifestyle, Pastoralism, Somali, Somalia, Sourcd of the Nile, Swahili coast, Third World, Wild honey
Tagged Africa, East Africa, Horn of Africa, John Hanning Speke, Middle East, Mogadishu, Nile, somali, Somali people, somalia
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Cuisines and Crops of Africa, 19th Century – The Limits of Pastoralism as a Lifestyle
Fakhr Ad-Din Mosque built in the 13th Century in Mogadishu. Photo in 1882. From E.Cerulli, Somalia, Scritti Vari Editi ed Inediti, Vol. 1 Udated: Cuisines and Crops of Africa, 19th Century – The Limits of Pastoralism as a Lifestyle. Related articles Cuisines and … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Agriculture, Côte d'Ivoire, Crops of Africa, Ghana, Mogadishu, Somali people, somalia
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