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Congotay! Congotay! A Global History of Caribbean Food

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Since 1492, the distinct cultures, peoples, and languages of four continents have met within the Caribbean and intermingled in wave after wave of post-Columbian encounters, with foods and their styles of preparation being some of the most consumable of the converging cultural elements.

This book traces the pathways of migrants and travellers and the mixing in their cultures within the Caribbean from the Atlantic slave trade to the up to date tourism economy. As an object of cultural exchange and global trade, food offers an intriguing window into this world. The many topics covered within the book include foodways, Atlantic history, the slave trade, the importance of sugar, the place of food in African-derived religion, resistance, sexuality and the Caribbean kitchen, latest Caribbean identity, and the politics of the brand new globalisation. The writer draws on archival sources and European written descriptions to reconstruct African foodways within the diaspora and places them within the context of archaeology and oral traditions, performance arts, ritual, proverbs, folktales, and the kids’s song game “Congotay.” Enriching the presentation are sixteen recipes positioned in special boxes right through the book.

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