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African Recollections from Pria
�It�s easy to get lost in the bad headlines that come out of Africa.�
It�s equally easy to look at the cause and effect of tribalism,
colonialism, cold war legacies, unfriendly weather, growing populations,
aids and debt�.. but there is also life, laughter, food, fashion, love, and
change. And all of that is what this new series of A Fork in Africa
celebrates. A nine-part series that takes a refreshingly positive look at a
blighted continent.
Did you know that coffee was first grown and made in Ethiopia? That the
south-western highland plateaus are a patch-work of sunflower and maize
plantations? That the Mursi women, who stretch their stretch their lips
from youth to wear clay plates, can�t understand the allure of lipstick?
That the national dish of injera bread and assorted spicy stews is one of
the great meals this world has to offer?
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