African American Influence

African Americans have influenced the way we eat in numerous ways. When they were enslaved they were forced to leave behind their favorite foods. So they planted seeds of those foods. They had made many African-style dishes. This was because they were not use to the American food.
Many researchers are still trying to make sure that the slaves contributions to our culinary traditions isn’t forgotten. This is especially hard considering slave owners covered up everything the African Americans did. Alicia Cromwell a researcher said the hardest thing is “studying the silences.” This makes researchers go into detective mode to find out information. While doing this she had found that Muslim Nigerian women who sold goods on behalf of their owner