At best only a rough history can be sketched at present, and, considering the size of Africa, that history would presumably vary from region to region. Here we ...

Even though the Portuguese may have been the first to introduce maize to the African continent, it is unlikely that they were the responsible agents at all ...

20 дек. 2018 г. · Most Africans consider maize (corn) to be their staple food but few realise it carries a history of slavery, colonisation, modernisation and globalisation.

There is thus con- clusive evidence that maize was growing in the basin of the Niger before 1507, far too early for it to have reached such regions if it had ...

22 янв. 2009 г. · Maize was widely grown along the coast from the River Gambia to Sâo Tomé, around the mouth of the River Congo, and possibly in Ethiopia, in the ...

Introduced into Africa by the Portuguese in the 16th century, maize has become Africa's most important staple food crop. Sweet corn, a genetic variety that is ...

10 нояб. 2020 г. · Nobody's entirely sure exactly when and how maize first arrived in Africa. Most agree it originated in South America, and the probability is ...

22 окт. 2024 г. · Maize was introduced to Africa in the early 17th century, where its high yields and short growing season favored its rapid adoption [69] . Maize ...

Many New World crops were introduced into Africa following Columbus's discovery of the Americas, but only maize (Zea mays) satisfies these three conditions. ...