Africa Factbook

African farmer’s production of cotton in Burkina Faso Africa lost $89.5 million in revenue in five cotton growing seasons using Monsanto’s genetically modified cotton seeds. The cotton shirt you are wearing may be made from GMO African cotton fibers. Cotton production and therefore picking in Africa has fallen in recent years. The U.S.A seed and pesticide company Monsanto proposed an answer to boosting African cotton trade economy, a genetically modified strain of cotton called Bollgard II. The gluttonous incest, the bollworm destroys 35 percent of African cotton crop. The bug-resistant genes of Bollgard II produced more volume but the quality of cotton reduced dramatically and African farmers abandoned the genetically modified cotton and renewed the traditional seeds and growing methods of their African ancestors. Balancing a basket of freshly harvested cotton on her head. "Genetically modified cotton, it's not good today. It's not good tomorrow," sai

You will love the taste of turtle soup and making our grandmothers turtle soup recipe is healthy and easy. Turtle soup is soup made from the meat of turtles with spices and fresh vegetables. Our classic turtle soup recipe stewed Tanzania style, like they serve off the river and lakes throughout Africa.  In the kitchen, we are the followers of the wisdom of our ancestors. Cooking is highly socialized and practical art. Each day, while it adds to our food experience it should also increase African ancestor food knowledge. Now that intercommunication between distant nations has become easier and frequent, the rural and city-dweller of Africa commands greater attention to culinary art. One art of cooking Africa offers is how to cook turtle soup.  How the catch and clean snapping turtles for eating. Catching and cleaning snapping turtles is easy. In Africa they live in a wide variety of marine habitats: large creeks, rivers, swamps, marshes, and lagoons. Fishing, grabbing them by

Zulu African proverbs explains circumstance in Zulu everyday living, or of an event in traditional Zulu history that makes the proverb expression meaning clear. 15 Popular Zulu African proverbs and  expressions with detailed meanings Yimbabala yolwantunge He is a buck of an endless forest. A saying applied to a shiftless person, one who never continues long in any occupation. Isikuni sinyuka nomkwezeli A brand burns him who stirs it up. This proverb is an exact equivalent to the English one, Let sleeping dogs lie. Njengo mdudo ka Mapassa Like the marriage feast of Mapassa This saying is used to denote anything unusually grand. The marriage festivities of one of the ancestors, Mapassa, said to have been carried on for a whole year. Ishwa lomhluzi wamanqina Misfortune of soup made of shanks and feet. Applied to any person who never does well, but is always getting into scrapes. Akuko mpukane inqakulela enye One fly does not provide f