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African folk art consists of a variety of items: household objects, metal objects, toys, textiles, masks, and wood sculpture. Most traditional African art meets many definitions of folk art generally, or at least did so until relatively recent dates. SUDAN basket -tray, tabar of weaved natural plant fibre, coloured in different colours.
Sample of the Egyptian Book of the Dead of the scribe Nebqed, c. 1300 BC. Africa is divided into a great number of ethnic cultures. [17] [18] [19] The continent's cultural regeneration has also been an integral aspect of post-independence nation-building on the continent, with a recognition of the need to harness the cultural resources of Africa to enrich the process of education, requiring ...
Zulu baskets are a traditional craft in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa and were used for utilitarian purposes including holding water, beer, or food; the baskets can take many months to weave. [37] [38] Starting in the late 1960s, Zulu basketry was a dying art form due to the introduction of tin and plastic water containers. [38]
Indeed, to make fufu, you need an incredibly powerful machine (or will) to work the starchy fibers out of the root vegetables. And while food processors have come a long way over the years, even ...
A dish consisting of pounded cocoyams and a red palm oil soup, served with cow skin, oxtail, tripe, and steamed eggplant. Ming'oko. Tanzania. A dish of wild edible yams. Afang. Nigeria. A vegetable soup which has its origin from the Efik people in the southeast of Nigeria. Ahriche. Morocco.
This is a list of soul foods and dishes.Soul food is the ethnic cuisine of African Americans that originated in the Southern United States during the era of slavery. [1] It uses a variety of ingredients and cooking styles, some of which came from West African and Central African cuisine brought over by enslaved Africans while others originated in Europe.
African cuisine is an integral part of the continent's diverse cultures reflecting its long and complex history. The evolution of African cuisine is closely entwined with the lives of the native people. Influenced by their religious practices, climate and local agriculture. Early African societies were largely composed of hunter-gatherers who ...
Cassava pie is a traditional Christmas dish in Bermuda. The cassava is normally bought frozen, washed through a cotton cloth, squeezed dry, then mixed with egg, butter, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla and sugar. It is either layered in a baking dish in alternate layers with chicken or pork, or cassava alone.