Peter Brazaitis
Tales from a Lifetime Spent with Cobras, Crocs, and Other Extraordinary Creatures From catching alligators in the reservoirs of New York and capturing giant crocodiles in Venezuela and giant frogs in West Africa to finding mummified human heads ... [... more]
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Liberian Black-Eyed Pea Soup
Black-eyed peas are a favorite ingredient in all of the regions of West Africa. There, traditional soups are rather plain, so to add corn, greens, and/or okra to this soup would be considered quite "fancy" by most West Africans. And if you add . [... more]
International Vegetarian Union |
Tarragon Mustard
Parts of West Africa that were colonized by the French have a near universal use of French-style condiments like mayonnaise and mustard. After one taste of this sharp, spicy homemade version, you'll find that it's worth the time to make your own. ... [... more]
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Fauziya Kassindja
For Fauziya Kassindja, an idyllic childhood in Togo, West Africa, sheltered from the tribal practices of polygamy and genital mutilation, ended with her beloved father's sudden death. Forced into an arranged marriage at age seventeen, Fauziya was ... [... more]
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Edward Gargan
Edward A. Gargan worked as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief for the New York Times in West Africa, China, India, and Hong Kong, was a magazine writer for the Los Angeles Times, and now covers Asia for Newsday. He was an Edward R. Murrow ... [... more]
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Shane W. Evans
Shane W. Evans is the illustrator of many books for children, including Hold the Flag High by Catherine Clinton. He has exhibited his art in West Africa and Paris and in Chicago, New York, and other major U.S. cities. He lives in Kansas City, ... [... more]
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Sobonfu Some
Sobonfu Somé, whose name means "keeper of ritual," was born and raised in Burkina Faso, the former Upper Volta. She is an initiated member of the Dagara tribe of West Africa. Sobonfu and her husband, Malidoma Somé, teach the [... more]
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Jane Kurtz
Jane Kurtz grew up in East Africa and has recently traveled and spoken at schools in both East and West Africa. On two childhood visits to the United States, she found many things to worry her. (One was black widow spiders, which she was sure ... [... more]
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