Ivy Newton-Gamble's Blog: Everyday African Food, page 14
December 4, 2009
Easy Weeknight African Meal
Easy Weeknight African Meal
Enjoy making this easy week night meal with ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen. We all need recipes away from the mundane weeknight chicken recipes. Chicken with peanut sauce will delight the entire family and soon this dish will be a family favorite.
Chicken with Peanut Sauce
Serves 4
Ingredients:
1 lb chicken breast
One 6 ounce can tomato paste
4 large tomatoes, cubed
1 small onion, diced
4 teaspoons minced garlic cloves
2 teaspoons red pepper flake
1/2 ...
November 29, 2009
Marrakesh Capital of Morocco
One of the best parts of a trip to North Africa, and of course of a trip to Mococco, is Marrakesh. It was once the capital of Morocco, and today it is a thriving, bustling town. Marrakesh is one of those unique places that has a big impact upon a lot of visitors, not because of great sightseeing but rather because of all the different kinds of people and unusual characters you meet there. I can't imagine how you could have a boring stay in Marrakesh.
One of the focal points for visitors is...
November 25, 2009
The Deserts of Africa
Unimaginable Beauty
Africa - the second largest continent in the world is also home to the largest desert in the world—the Sahara. In fact there are three deserts on the continent—The Sahara, the Namib and the Kalahari. Together these three amazingly vast and diverse land masses cover a large portion of Africa. Beautiful, yet treacherous, these areas of the continent provide a rich geological and cultural history that dates back millions of years.
The Sahara Desert - As inconceivable as it...
November 20, 2009
African Film History
During the Golden Age of Hollywood when some of the best masterpieces in motion picture history were being made, African filmmakers were not allowed to participate in making films. The era which lasted from the end of the silent period in the late 1920's to the late 1950's did not see a single film produced by an African director.
In fact, all of the early films that were composed by African filmmakers were not filmed in Africa. It was not until the 1960's and 70's that African directors...
November 15, 2009
Zulu Musical Instruments
African music is the music of Africans who live in a large region of 50 nations, each with a special culture, history and language, South of Sahara. Zulu musical instruments are part of this multilingual culture. African music has some distinct characteristics: the use of repetition is one of them. Another important characteristic is the polyphony; this is the combination of different musical parts played simultaneously.
The history is marked by the awesome military strategies of the Zulu...
November 13, 2009
November 11, 2009
South African Tale
We were going on an expedition long before the morning light came. Our ship was an armed steamer a converted cargo boat. We had reinforced our naval guns' crews and our Indian ship's guard by taking officers and native soldiers (askaris) aboard at a certain bay. We had reinforced our artillery by borrowing a Maxim from the shore. I had a guest on board that night, a cheerful padre. How he seemed to relish his craft, and how able I esteemed him. I was very raw at...
Several African Countries Speak English
Welcome to the African Gourmet African languages 101 lessons.
There are about 2000 languages spoken on the African continent, with perhaps as many as 8000 dialects. Africa represents about a third of the living languages of the world. English is the official language of numerous African countries. Nearly all of Africa countries have more than one official language, South Africa for example has eleven official languages. Let's begin your introduction into one of the oldest African languages of ...
November 8, 2009
Discount for friends of the African Gourmet
A Sweet Taste of Africa
Use the code PR84REKV at checkout on Amazon.com to receive a 10% holiday discount on the easy to use cookbook A Sweet Taste of Africa. The good news is you can find all the ingredients for the recipes in A Sweet Taste of Africa at your local grocery store. Sugar translates into "sweet" on the tongue of almost every human being. Whether sugar is in the form of honey, sugar cane, beets or refined sugar it is a universal and versatile ingredient. The cakes, pies...
November 7, 2009
African Music
A Short Story About African Music
African music is arguably the most influential music in all of mankind. But it did not come out of a vacuum. The truth is that different regions of Africa were influenced by a number of foreign musical traditions. For example, many nations in North Africa can trace their more recent musical lineage back to the Greeks and Romans who once governed over the area. Later there was also a substantial Middle Eastern influence on their music.
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