How not to write about Africa: African cuisines in food writing

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Ako-Adjei, Naa Baako (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2015
    URL:
    https://gcfs.ucpress.edu/content/15/1/44.full.pdf+html
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 142 Document Number: D11526
    Journal Title:
    Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    15(1) : 44-55
    Subject Term:
    Africa, attitudes, coverage, credibility (sources), diet, food, information issues, intercultural communication, journalism, mass media, reporting, writing skills, consumers attitudes, cultural differences, food issues, USA (United States of America; North America), food selection, stereotypes, representations, food heritage, food journalism, food preferences, and food choice
    Notes:
    13 pages., Online via UI e-subscription., "Despite the broadening of the American palate, Americans have shown little interest in the cuisines of Sub-Saharan Africa. This article examines how this lack of interest in African cuisines may lie in the limited and often stereotyped representations of Africa."

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