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  • Africulture

    How the Principles, Practices, Plants, and People of African Descent Have Shaped American Agriculture

    **"Africulture is a gift and inspiration."—Michael W. Twitty, author of the James Beard Foundation Award-winning The Cooking GeneA bold, timely history illuminating the essential contributions to U.S. agriculture arising from the expertise and innovations of Black men and women.**In Africulture, fifth-generation family farmer Michael Carter, Jr. has blended an eclectic brew of history, culture, ... Leer más

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    Africulture

    How the Principles, Practices, Plants, and People of African Descent Have Shaped American Agriculture

    Narrado por Leon Nixon ...

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    **"**Africulture is a gift and inspiration."—Michael W. Twitty, author of the James Beard Foundation Award-winning The Cooking GeneA bold, timely history illuminating the essential contributions to U.S. agriculture arising from the expertise and innovations of Black men and women.In Africulture, fifth-generation family farmer Michael Carter, Jr. has blended an eclectic brew of his... ... Leer más

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    "In this luminous collection" a New York Times columnist "delivers smart, beautifully crafted personal and political observations" on the American south ( Minneapolis Star Tribune).Margaret Renkl's New York Times columns offer readers a weekly dose of natural beauty, human decency, and persistent hope from her home in Nashville. Now more than sixty of those pieces have been brought together in ... Leer más

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