Fusion foodways of Africa's Gold Coast in the Atlantic era

Publication Data

• Title Fusion foodways of Africa's Gold Coast in the Atlantic era
• Author J. D. La Fleur
• Publisher Brill
• Publication date 2012
• Publication location Leiden
• Language English

Contents

Finding history in early Afro-Atlantic foodways
Grist for the mill : Africanist historiography of pre-colonial agriculture
Introducing the land to culture : an interpretation
Seeds of change : early African experimentation with foreign starches
You reap what you sow : the profits and perils of the new starchy staples
The porcupine's shame : bearing the burden of cassava culture
Finding food in Afro-Atlantic history.

Topics

• Food crops :: Ghana :: History
• Food habits :: Ghana :: History
• Agriculture :: Ghana :: History
• Plant introduction :: Ghana :: History
• Crops :: Adaptation :: Ghana :: History
• Starch crops :: Ghana :: History
• Cassava as food :: History

Fusion foodways of Africa's Gold Coast in the Atlantic era by J. D. La Fleur. ISBN 9789004224124. Published by Brill in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.