While rewatching the video, I was reminded that the central value in African ways of knowing is relationships. This ties back to creating people-centered curriculum and inspired me to think about food in relation to people, community, culture. Two possible essential questions I now have are: How can food help us remember people and places? How do people care for one another through food?
Love this. Food evokes emotion and memories. I remember my Uncle came to an event at my home and asked who made a particular dish. I said it was me. He looked at me surprised and said it tasted like his mothers. I said, it should, it was my mothers recipe (his sister) and she got it from Nana. I was low key beaming inside. Mission accomplished.
I love how connected us East Africans feel through food. When I go to Ali's Roti (a Trinidadian restaurant in Boston), I find home through food even though Trinidad is about as far as it gets from Mauritius. Our foods are so similar because of shared histories of Indian diaspora, migration, and resistance. We can share culture and history through food.