Tag Archives: Niger

Cuisines and Crops of Africa, 18th Century: Food and Farming in Timbuktu

Posted on 02/02/2013 by dianabuja

Tétuan, Moroccan port town opposite Gibraltar.  Steel Engraving.  Institute in Hidlburghausen. 1842 In about 1789, the merchant and voyager Abd Salam Shabeeny  set out from his home city, the Moroccan port town of Tetuan (above picture), for Germany in order to procure items for … Continue reading →

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City States in the Sahel: Pre-European Kingdoms of West Africa – Part 1

Posted on 14/01/2013 by dianabuja

With the recent efforts of France to address the efforts of Islamists in northern Mali – and Nigeria and its neighbours to confront the Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria- I am revising and reposting this blog on Sahelian history.    Introduction: … Continue reading →

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Colonial Encounters with West African Rice

Posted on 28/10/2011 by dianabuja

 [First posted Sept. 2010, Updated 29 October 2011]  See also: AfricaRice’s African rice collection – (Oryza glaberrima) and Luigi just sent this 2007 link on the topic of Carolina Gold. from his blog. In 1805 the Scottish explorer Mungo Park … Continue reading →

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Couscous and other Cuisines in the Sahel in 1798 – Mungo Park’s Experience

Posted on 27/08/2010 by dianabuja

The Scottish explorer Mungo Park was 24 when he first travelled to West Africa to seek the source and the debouchment of the Niger River for the Africa Association of London.  The Association was also desirous of learning more about the … Continue reading →

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Mungo Park discovers Mumbo Jumbo in 18th Century West Africa

Posted on 28/06/2010 by dianabuja

Mungo Park was one of the most successful early explorers of West Africa.   Not only did he take careful note of flora, fauna and geophysical features throughout his travels, but – to my way of thinking – was the best … Continue reading →

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