Complete History of Africa

Passion Fruit Recipe. Passion fruit works well in our Lemon Passionfruit Butter Recipe Lemon Passionfruit Butter Recipe Explore and Understand Africa Through Her Food and Culture Whipped passion fruit butter made easy Passionfruit is important to Kenyan agriculture and makes a delicious snack on its own, mixed as a smoothie or as a unique lemon passionfruit cream cheese spread recipe. How to choose and use passion fruit For the best flavor choose a passionfruit that is ripe to slightly overripe with a smooth skin. Cut the passionfruit in half with a sharp knife and scoop out the insides. The yellow membrane is the fruit portion, which is very tart, and seeds are deliciously crunchy. Lemon Passionfruit Butter Recipe Lemon Passionfruit Butter Recipe on a poppy seed bagel with scallions and lox Ingredients ¼ cup fresh passionfruit pulp 1 package soft cream cheese ¼ cup powdered sugar ¼ teaspoon grated lemon rind Directions Add all ingredients ...

Homo sapiens left their African homeland to colonize the world. One African tribe crossing the Gate of Grief populated the entire world outside of Africa. The entire human race outside Africa owes its existence to the survival of a single tribe of people who crossed the Gate of Grief around 90,000 years ago. Humans were able to take advantage of falling sea levels due to climate change to cross into Arabia at the mouth of the Red Sea known as the Gate of Grief. One African Tribe Crossing the Gate of Grief Populated the Entire World outside of Africa. Today there is 18 miles between the coasts of Djibouti and Yemen across Bab-el-Mandeb also known as the Gate of Grief in Arabic. The Gate of Grief is between the Red Sea, one of the most saline bodies of water in the world and the Gulf of Aden an essential shipping waterway in the world economy. The ancestral origin of humans was possibly located in southern Africa , near the South Africa-Namibia border. By using mode...

Artistic Cheese Making in Africa Making artisan Kivu cheese in Africa Making artisan Kivu cheese in Africa The green hills of Masisi, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo North Kivu province, hides a delicious cheesy secret, Kivu artisan African cheese. Small dairy farms in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa make world famous Kivu cheese by hand. The Democratic Republic of Congo may not be the first country you think of when it comes to cheese making and cheese is not a part of the traditional African diet. In 1970, Italian cheese makers began teaching local farmers the art of cheese making utilizing cows and their milk that are a traditional part of DRC diet.   The history of Kivu cheese making today in the Masisi territory has produced hundreds of small family and company-owned dairy farms employing locals while teaching the fine art of cheese making. African Ndama and Zebi cows along with European Friesians and Brown Swiss cows are t...

African proverbs teach when peace, like a river, attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll; whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say, it is well, it is well, with my soul. African proverbs teaching faith, perseverance and hopefulness, reminding us it is well with the soul. It is with patience that one dissects a bee to see its intestines. ~ Ewe Proverb Whatever is sugared kills , whereas that which is bitter heals ~ Kenyan Proverb Good things are found among thorns ~ Democratic Republic of Congo To live long is to see many things. ~ Orma Proverb One who bathes willingly with cold water does not feel the cold. ~ Tanzanian Proverb A lone traveler is swept away by a stream. ~ Malawi Proverb Although the grass looks even, there are paths in between. ~ Ewe Proverb Kneeling you eat with others, keep standing and you eat nothing. ~ Zambian Proverb Not all knowledge is taught in school ~ Twi Proverb The person whose feet feel the morning dew is better than the pe...

European Cash Coasts of Africa Foreign overseas traders and exporters solely according to the business and trade economies roughly divided Africa into four coasts; Pepper Coast, Ivory Coast, Gold Coast, and the Slave Coast. Where are the Pepper, Ivory, Gold and Slave Coast of Africa The Berlin Conference was not the start of the "Scramble for Africa," history shows that the first areas to be settled in the African regions were those along the shoreline. French and Portuguese explorers in the early 16th century divided the countries of the west coast Africa into four coasts according to the trade economy, the Ivory Coast, Grain Coast or Pepper Coast, Gold Coast, and Slave Coast. Ivory Coast  The French named the Côte d'Ivoire literally means Ivory Coast . Côte d'Ivoire was unofficially known as Costa do Marfim by the Portuguese, côte des dents or the teeth coast and the Ivory Coast reflecting the trade in ivory. Grain Coast  The Grain Coast, Malaguetta Coast...

Sauti za Busara music festival Music is a very important part of African culture. Since 2003, the world famous Sauti za Busara is one of Africa's best-loved music festivals taking place in Zanzibar, Tanzania however; the music did not play in 2016. Sauti za Busara is 100% live, 100% kuishi. Sauti za Busara did take place every year in February in Stone Town, Zanzibar and surrounding venues highlighting artists from Zanzibar and Tanzania, across the African Continent and the African diaspora. The 2016 Sauti za Busara music festival is cancelled due to lack of funding. Sauti za Busara is one of the largest music festivals in Eastern Africa. In 2014, CNN listed Sauti za Busara as one of the seven must-see African music festivals.  All being well, the 2017 edition of Sauti za Busara will continue to spread the unique vibrant rhythms of African music across the world.   Sauti za Busara is a unique platform for loc...

Pope Francis traveled to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic November 2015 to Honor 22 Ugandan Martyrs who refused to denounce their faith. A Martyr is a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs. Pope Francis the 266th is visiting Africa in November 2015 honoring twenty-two martyrs of Uganda. The Twenty-two Ugandan Roman Catholic martyrs refused to denounce their Catholic faith, so they were burned alive by the teenage King Mwanga II. Twenty-Two African Roman Catholic Martyrs burned alive, Pope Francis will use the mass in Uganda to preach memory, fidelity and prayer in Africa. His visit to Kampala, Uganda, Nov 28, 2015 will address priests, religious and seminarians of the country at the Cathedral in Kampala. “As I said to the young people today, through the veins of young people and all Ugandan people is flowing the blood of the martyrs,” Pope Francis said.  Pope Francis the 266th Honoring Twenty...