Sementes da memória

legados botânicos da diáspora Africana

Authors

  • Judith Carney
  • Angela Steward Universidade Federal do Para
  • Emmanuel Duarte Almada (Revisor)

Abstract

A expansão ultramarina europeia entrou em pleno vigor nas décadas seguintes a 1492, o que levou a um intercâmbio intercontinental sem precedentes de espécies vegetais e animais. A literatura sobre o Intercâmbio Colombiano enfatiza as culturas do Novo Mundo e asiáticas que revolucionaram os sistemas alimentares da África, mas ignora amplamente o papel das culturas africanas nos trópicos do Novo Mundo. Este capítulo chama a atenção para os aspectos africanos negligenciados do Intercâmbio Colombiano. Durante o período inicial de desenvolvimento das plantations, os africanos escravizados desempenharam um papel crucial na dispersão das plantas e animais africanos para alimentação através do Oceano Atlântico. Para apreciar plenamente como os povos africanos contribuíram para a formação e desenvolvimento dos sistemas agrícolas do Novo Mundo, carecemos adotar uma nova perspectiva sobre as sociedades de plantation. Ao contrário das pesquisas convencionais, que se concentram em estudos de commodities para exportação, devemos nos concentrar nas plantas que os africanos escravizados cultivavam para suas próprias necessidades alimentares. Isto, por sua vez, chama a atenção para o papel das espécies africanas como um suporte logístico vital do comércio transatlântico de escravos. Também, lança luz sobre a agência dos africanos escravizados no cultivo pioneiro de plantas alimentares em suas áreas agrícolas, como quintais e hortas mantidas nos arredores das suas residências.

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Published

2023-09-08