Complete History of Africa

Cocoyam Vegetable Pottage Recipe African Recipes by African Gourmet   Vegetable cocoyam pottage is a thick dish of stewed vegetables that is a healthy and delicious African weeknight meal to make for your family. Prep time: 20 min Cook time: 25 min Total time: 50 min Vegetable Cocoyam Pottage Recipe Ingredients: 1 large cocoyam peeled and diced 3 large tomatoes, diced 2 handfuls bitter leaf 2 medium chopped onions 1 medium chopped red bell pepper 1 medium chopped green bell pepper 1 teaspoon allspice ½ teaspoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon tamarind paste 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes 1 teaspoon minced garlic 2 cups vegetable stock Directions: Add all ingredients to a large pot, simmer until thick 25 minutes. Serve warm with rice or fufu.

African folklore stories with morals are folklore stories that teach a lesson. The Bird That Made Milk African Folklore story teaches it is better for your feet to slip than your tongue. Milk Bird Story of the Bird That Made Milk One year there was a great famine in the land. As the elders say, in the South African village of Tswe lived many, many people. The village was so large; five people had to share one grain of rice. There was in that town a poor man, by name Masilo, and his wife. One day they went to dig in their garden, and they continued digging the whole daylong. In the evening, when they returned home there came a bird and stood upon the house which was beside the garden, and began to whistle, and said "Masilo's cultivated ground, mix together." The ground did as the bird said. After that was done, the bird went away. In the morning, when Masilo and his wife went to the garden, they found their ground altogether undug. They looked at...

Climate Change affects Africa’s three most populated countries, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Egypt in all four dimensions of food security: food availability, food accessibility, food utilization and food systems stability. Four Dimensions of Climate Change in Africa's three most populated countries of Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Egypt. Explore and Understand Africa Through Her Food and Culture Climate Change in Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Egypt. Accessing the soil for growing crops in Africa According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, climate change will affect all four dimensions of food security: food availability, food accessibility, food utilization and food systems stability.  It will have an impact on human health, livelihood assets, food production and distribution channels, as well as changing purchasing power and market flows. Its impacts will be both short term, resulting from more frequent and ...

Introverts Quiet Plotting. I am not quiet, I am plotting African Proverbs; may the Ancestors impart knowledge into you about quiet thinkers. I Am Not Quiet, I Am Plotting African Proverbs Explore and Understand Africa Through Her Food and Culture Quiet people have the loudest minds If you are the quiet sort, you are probably used to people misunderstanding your quietness. People may think you are shy or maybe even insecure just because you do not talk your head off to everyone. Quiet people are thinkers; in fact, they tend to overthink a particular situation. Five African proverbs to help understand, people who are quiet may not be shy, but intensely thinking.  I am not quiet, I am plotting African Proverbs One does not become great by claiming greatness. - African Proverb The dog's bark is not might, but fright. - African Proverb ...

West African Recipes by The African Gourmet Egusi Smoked Fish Stew Recipe Egusi smoked fish stew recipe is a stress-free, simple African recipe to make for a family weeknight dinner. Egusi seeds are the seeds of plants of squash, melon, gourd, and pumpkin which, after being dried and ground, are used as an ingredient in East and West African recipes. Prep time: 20 min Cook time: 35 min Total time: 55 min West African Egusi Smoked Fish Stew Recipe Ingredients 2 large pieces any smoked fish 2 large white fish filets 2 large handfuls sorrel leaves or spinach ½ cup ground egusi seeds 2 large tomatoes, chopped 1 large onion, chopped 2 teaspoons minced garlic 2 tablespoons palm oil or butter 1 teaspoon ground curry powder 1 hot pepper, chopped 5 cups fish stock or water Directions Heat palm oil over medium heat in a large pot; add onions and garlic. Add remaining ingredients except for egusi, fish and sorrel, or spinach. Cover and cook for 20 minutes. Add egusi and fish, stir, and simme...

Three chief dark powerful creatures and African spiritual enemies are Impaka the cat, Incanti the chameleon and Inqolobane the snake. The belief in spiritual enemies is common throughout the world. These ill-behaved often-dangerous spirits play tricks on humans and do things to disturb anyone who crosses their path. Africa Spiritual Enemies Explained  Mischievous spirits are real things to many people in Africa. They dwell in the rivers, the swamps, the forests, the desert and all places in between. They inhabit the great rifts and waterfalls. Every nook and cranny of Africa may have demons, goblins, evil mermaids and disembodied parts of humankind. Spirits travel at night, during the day, carry mysterious lights, destroy farms, steal seeds from the town granaries, sprinkle disease and famine among the cattle and people, bewitch children in their sleep, impart gifts of divination, skill and other gratuities to whomsoever they favor, or bring sorrow, persecution, or death, a...

Grilled Mango Chicken Sosaties Skewers Sosaties are a traditional South African kabob recipe of lamb, chicken or mutton grilled on skewers over a braai or BBQ grill. African Recipes by African Gourmet   Grilled mango chicken Sosaties skewers are one of the great braai or barbeque kabob foods of South Africa. Prep time: 3 hours Cook time: 20 min Total time: 3 hours 20 min Grilled Mango Chicken Sosaties Skewers Ingredients 4 large metal skewers 2 pounds white meat chicken cubed 2 red bell peppers cut into large cubes 2 large onions cut into large cubes Marinade for chicken 1/2 cup olive oil 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons Indian curry powder 2 tablespoons mango juice 4 sage leaves chopped 1 teaspoon minced garlic 2 tablespoons mango chutney 1/2 teaspoon black pepper Pinch of salt Directions Mix all marinade ingredients well and marinate chicken for at least 3 hours. Thread chicken, peppers...