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When brewmaster Garrett Oliver spotted chef Pierre Thiam at a party in 2019, he made a beeline through the crowd. Oliver had just watched Thiam’s TED Talk on fonio, an ancient West African grain ...
For one griot, the unearthing of this ancient West African capital offers vindication Stories of the kingdom of Kaabu's reign have been told for generations through a kind of traditional song.
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From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the kingdom of Kaabu dominated a swath of West Africa that included modern-day Guinea-Bissau. The stories of its royalty and reign have been told for ...
When brewmaster Garrett Oliver spotted chef Pierre Thiam at a party in 2019, he made a beeline through the crowd. Oliver had just watched Thiam’s TED Talk on fonio, an ancient West African grain ...
ARI DANIEL, BYLINE: Kaabu emerged in the 13th century as a coastal province within the kingdom of Mali in West Africa. But when Mali fell a few hundred years later, Kaabu became independent.