“Women’s memories of food offer insights into Mozambique’s liberation struggle

We don’t just taste food. Aromas, visual images, sounds and touch are equally part of our eating experience. Food also evokes feelings. We can experience it with joy but also with displeasure. This sensorily evocative power of food makes it an important site for remembering the past, which in turn influences our relation to food in the present.

There is much important literature in Africa that deals with food security and the biological necessity of eating. However, my research explores how food…”

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For a longer analysis of the polytemporality reflected in food memories see my recently published research article ‘Liberating Taste: Memories of War, Food and Cooking in Northern Mozambique’, Journal of Southern African Studies 46, 5 (2020): 965-984.

Both articles are open access!