Research project
The language of food: documentation and representation of food preparation and culinary culture in Africa and its diasporas
Unlike the predominant and excessive focus on the problems of food production and food insecurity in Africa, this project views African culinary tradition as a vibrant and rich cultural heritage, intertwined with language use.
- Contact
- Azeb Amha
- Funding
- Leiden University Global Fund
This innovative research project seeks to document and analyse the cultural and linguistic dimensions of food practices in Africa and its diasporas. Through case studies from Eastern, Southern and Western Africa, the research will explore the expression, interaction and ‘mediatization’ of culinary culture. The project team will train research collaborators in Africa on documenting and researching cultural heritage.