misterjt: Our word for okra comes from the Igbo language in Nigeria. Gumbo, the word itself, harks back to the Bantu. So does “goober,” as in peanut. Watermelons appear in Egyptian tomb paintings, and have been grown for centuries in the Kalahari. Black-eyed peas pour out of markets from Dakar to Zanzibar – and across soul food menus and kitchen counters all over America. African-American food and food ways have worked deep into the American palate. (via African-American Food’s History & Soul | WBUR and NPR - On Point with Tom Ashbrook)

misterjt:

Our word for okra comes from the Igbo language in Nigeria. Gumbo, the word itself, harks back to the Bantu. So does “goober,” as in peanut. Watermelons appear in Egyptian tomb paintings, and have been grown for centuries in the Kalahari. Black-eyed peas pour out of markets from Dakar to Zanzibar – and across soul food menus and kitchen counters all over America. African-American food and food ways have worked deep into the American palate.

(via African-American Food’s History & Soul | WBUR and NPR - On Point with Tom Ashbrook)

(via dynamicafrica)