African-American Foodways

Diaspora

A distinct American cuisine formed under enslavement and after it, with documented West and Central African connections.

Atlas — where and when

Where in the world

United States territory

Communities and languages

African-American community documented

Related foodways

This foodway relates to

originates from Central African Foodways probable
originates from West African Foodways documented

Recorded as relating to this foodway

related to Dominican Regional Foodways documented
Samaná was settled in the 1820s by free African Americans from Philadelphia and New York; the community remains partly English-speaking and Protestant.

Regional cuisines

Recipes

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