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“Beautiful and Tragic”: Unpacking the Roots of South Carolina Cuisine in African Foodways
By SG Editor·
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In the US, many view Southern cuisine as innately American, but much of the credit and tradition rightfully belongs to Africa. In uprooting African lives, the slave trade introduced key aspects of African culture to American shores, and cuisine was a prominent one.