The lost heritage of emergency relief
Local traditions of crisis management have largely been shed along the path to “development.” The age of COVID-19 is the time to recover them.
Food
GMOs for Africa?
Rather than addressing food scarcity, genetically modified crops may render African farmers and scientists more, not less, reliant on global markets.
Des OGM pour l’Afrique?
Plutôt que de pallier l’insécurité alimentaire, les cultures génétiquement modifiées risquent de rendre les agriculteurs et les scientifiques africains plus, et non moins, dépendants des marchés mondiaux.
Dear David Chang
A plea for foodie celebrities like Chang, the host of a popular Netflix show, to take African cuisine seriously.
The new normal
Reflections from New Orleans, Louisiana — the US's most African city — on the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
Food is power
The World Food Program says COVID-19 will bring about a famineof biblical proportions, so it is a good time to revisit why food hasnever just been about the simple act of eating. Food is history. Foodis identity.
The agrarian question in Egypt and Tunisia
It is time discuss food sovereignty in the Middle East and North Africa, again.
Why are we only learning to cook French food in Africa?
It's easier to find African restaurants in New York City than it is in Cape Town, and culinary schools on the continent aren't helping.
One way to resist capitalist food production
Agroecology draws on deep knowledge systems to counter the damage of capitalist agribusiness.
Sudan in Berlin
"Berlin isn't Germany. Just like that website you write for — it's really its own country."
I hate Spur!
Nothing about the popular SPUR restaurant chain in South Africa is Native North American.
Eating Nando’s in Gaborone
One of the most striking features of Botswana's capital city, is its malls.
Cape Town needs a visit from Anthony Bourdain
Foodyism and obscure ‘ethnic’ food are trendy these days. So, it is odd that South Africa hasn’t received more attention.
Uptown Sahel
Thinking about ways that Africa is represented by NGO's and other international organizations.