Greener on the other side: Tracing stories of amaranth and moringa through indenture

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dc.contributor.authorNaidoo, Pralini
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-21T07:48:06Z
dc.date.available2023-06-21T07:48:06Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractMy research, with its focus on women and food seed through the lens of indenture, has led me into the world ofleafy green vegetables and their intimate connection to women who had been brought to South Africa to servicecolonial plantations. Leafy greens are currently buzzwords in thefitness, health, vegan, and vegetarianvocabulary. Occasionally, another leaf isdiscoveredby the doyens of fancy cuisine, researchers orexperts,elevating anunknowndark green leaf to superfood status. In the past few decades moringa and amaranthhave gained popularity in scientific and culinary circles. This sudden spurt of interest in a food that has been traditionally eaten for years in ex-indentured communities, among many others, has often elicited from this community, wry amusement, confusion at its celebrity status or pride at its recognition. Delving into research transcripts and fieldwork notes, I observe, not only, how these communities consume moringa and amaranth, but the variety of ways the human and other-than-human stories are entangled. I also consider the impact/benefits of the commodification of foods and seeds such as moringa and amaranth, on the many invisible people who have been propagating, consuming and storying the plant before its discovery.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNaidoo, P. et al. (2023). Greener on the other side: Tracing stories of amaranth and moringa through indenture. Agenda. https://doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2023.2183138en_US
dc.identifier.issn2158-978X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2023.2183138
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/9128
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Groupen_US
dc.subjectDecolonialen_US
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectGender studiesen_US
dc.subjectAgricultureen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleGreener on the other side: Tracing stories of amaranth and moringa through indentureen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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