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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Facts about Africa culture 2010

Africa is known for rich culture and diverse culture. In Africa culture vary from one country to another country.Most of Africa's cultural activity centres on the family and the ethnic group. First there culture was refused by western minorities but later they accepted because of rise of African nationalism. Africa was the birthplace of the human species. Human species was found between 8 million and 5 million years ago.




 Now continent has wide variety of people and groups, who speak different language, practices various religions, carry various economic activities. Over the years, peoples from various parts of the world have migrated to Africa and settled there. Historically, Arabs have been the dominant immigrants.


 In 7th century, they crossed into North Africa from the Middle East and they bought the religion of Islam with them. Europeans settled in Africa after 17 th century. Many Indians settle in Kenya, South Africa .Today Africa has mixed people and culture.




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Facts about Africa food recipes 2010

Facts about African food :


The African kitchen is traditionally build outside or built in a separate building apart from the sleeping and living quarters. In Africa there are more than 900 million people with more than 50 countries. So taste and variety of foods vary from one place to another.

Africa meal tastes are tantalizing and the aromas exciting. African foods are very rich in spice content thought hot climate prevail there. It’s difficult to describe in words but undeniably appealing to the senses. Though there is variation in method, but the ingredients used are common in all places. Some of the commonly used ingredient is rice, beans, maize, sorghum, groundnut, coconut, plantain, mattock, millet, melons, sea foods, poultry, beef, goat meat, bush meat, palm oil, potatoes, lentil, beans, cowpeas, vegetables, vegetable oils, and a wide selection of tantalizing of spices. So get ready to taste this spicy delicious dishes.






























                                     

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