Foods of Africa & the Enslaved with Michael Twitty

[TheKongoEmpire]

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Twitty was born in Washington, D.C., in 1977 to William Lee Twitty and Patricia Anita Townsend. He is of Mende, Akan and Irish descent. His Irish ancestors were enslavers; Twitty wrote an article for the Guardian explaining how he discovered his Irish ancestry through a combination of genetic testing and historical records.[2][3] Twitty's great-great-grandfather, Elijah Mitchell, was on a nearby street when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House, ending the American Civil War.[4]

Twitty first became interested in traditional cooking as a child when he went on a trip to Colonial Williamsburg. He majored in African-American studies and anthropology at Howard University, but did not finish due to financial constraints.[5] Twitty went on a birthright trip to Israel in 2004.

Personal life​

Twitty is openly gay.[19][20] He was raised nominally Christian and converted to Judaism at age 25.[21]

 

[Dr. Acula]

There is a red beans and rice recipe of his that I found years ago and that is a staple of mine now.

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Edit: well he posted the recipe but I guess he got it from someone else.

 

[timeless]

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@07:17
Twitty was born in Washington, D.C., in 1977 to William Lee Twitty and Patricia Anita Townsend. He is of Mende, Akan and Irish descent. His Irish ancestors were enslavers; Twitty wrote an article for the Guardian explaining how he discovered his Irish ancestry through a combination of genetic testing and historical records.[2][3] Twitty's great-great-grandfather, Elijah Mitchell, was on a nearby street when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House, ending the American Civil War.[4]

Twitty first became interested in traditional cooking as a child when he went on a trip to Colonial Williamsburg. He majored in African-American studies and anthropology at Howard University, but did not finish due to financial constraints.[5] Twitty went on a birthright trip to Israel in 2004.

Personal life​

Twitty is openly gay.[19][20] He was raised nominally Christian and converted to Judaism at age 25.[21]

African
Irish
Descendant of slave masters
Hebrew Israelite (?)
Gay
Christian - Judaism transition

 

[KingDanz]

African
Irish
Descendant of slave masters
Hebrew Israelite (?)
Gay
Christian - Judaism transition

 

[$cam-U-Well_Jack$on]

I'll check it out.

 

[Wiseborn]

I’ll overlook the not from Harlem admission and talking about food of the ancestors while hugged up with a colonizer and peep the video.