African cooking and storytelling are traditionally an oral custom. The beautiful thing about African food and its folktales is that they are never boring. Africa is not made up of a faceless, nameless food dishes and people. The diversity of spices tickles the senses and awakens the food pallet. Hence there are more exciting spices in your food life than just salt and pepper. Spices bring the flavor of Africa right to your front door. Spices such as cardamom, rose flower water, mint, and turmeric add depth and dimension to food and shape the taste intensity. The basic art of traditional...

Slavery is an ancient structure in which individuals are treated not as human beings but as property. The Trans-Atlantic Slave trade was one of the first insistences of human trafficking. It is no wonder why religion serves as a refuge to the slave, an escape to freedom and the Promised Land. Through a belief in God slaves believe their bondage was temporary and reward laid heaven. Faith in God and Him making everything alright by and by, slaves at times were able to mentally and physically endure horrendous situations. Some slaves never heard of the word church, they called church by other...

Please stop hyperventilating at the title of this book. I see the look on your face, and it says, cooking goat...really, you want me to cook goat meat? ? As you read this cookbook, you may be somewhat surprised first with the simplicity of the recipes, secondly at the marvelous results you will achieve, and lastly with the wholesomeness and allure of goat meat versatility. You will soon discover replacing chicken, pork or beef in a recipe for goat meat will create a healthier dish for the entire family. Everyone should try new recipes. When you step outside of your usual food circles you...

The second edition of A Field of Greens has the same favorite recipes we all know and love plus a new chapter on drinks, Ashanti Adinkra symbols and a few more surprises. With 111 easy African slow cooker recipes, fall in love with your slow cooker all over again. A Field of Greens is also available as a unabridged kindle book. South African food has influences from indigenous Black tribes, Indians, Malaya, and Europeans. In East Africa, many hundreds of years ago, the Arabs settled on the coast, and Arabic influences are especially reflected with the use of sweet spices such as cinnamon,...

The baobab (bay-oh-bab) is known as the tree God planted upside down and also the tree of life. There are many folktales, myths and legends surrounding the baobab tree, stories were told to an ancestor whose ancestors told them to them, who had received them from their ancestors, and so back into the ancient San Tribe storytelling history. The baobab is truly the tree of life this is why the African San people believe the tree has enchanted powers. Baobab tree African folktales teach powerful lessons on resilience, inner strength and the unyielding hopefulness of the human spirit.