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RAHstory, 9 months ago to NewOrleans

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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RAHstory, 1 year ago to art

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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Open book. On a page with images of Africans on ancient artifacts. Image is in black and white. Top right: Head of an African man, or young boy, made from terra cotta. Cranial and facial features are chiseled into the stone, perfectly preserving the work from the ages.