Yakamein is a New Orleans dish fusing Asian & African cuisines.

It's thought to have originally been shared by Chinese laborers to their African counterparts, but has been popularized in modern times thanks to folks like Chef Linda Green, aka The Yakamein Lady.

Learn more about the origin of the dish, and Green's efforts to preserve it for future generations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k38HGCwhL2U
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I Surprised African Tribal Warriors by Speaking Their Language

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Od1T_Glgo

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Two statues from ancient Turkey & nearby Cyprus.

The first is called the “Bigio Morata”. Made late 2nd century B.C.E (Ptolemaic Period). Possibly in Turkey. Features Nubian with heavily curled hair.

The second (top right) is a terra cotta head from Salamis, an ancient Greek city-state on the east coast of Cyprus.

*Book is a few decades old. Hence the language.

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Afro Turks are people of #African or dual African & #Turkish heritage in Turkey.

Like the Afro-Abkhazians (https://toot.community/@RAHstory/109744336864007304), they most likely have more than one point of origin.

The #history of many modern Afro Turks can be traced back to the Ottoman slave trade, circa 1300s-mid 1800s.

But it's important to note the history of Africans in Turkey goes back even further to ancient times.

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