Kim Cliett Long, Ed.D.
African American Maritime History Series #9: The Influence of African Foodways Globally
What can be said about the origins of early African foodways is that it would not have evolved as it did if it had not been born in the...
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Kim Cliett Long, Ed.D.
Jan 1, 20236 min read
African American Maritime History Series #8: The Maritime Underground Railroad
The World’s first global economy was fueled by maritime commerce which for the first time in Earth’s history fully linked the people and...
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Kim Cliett Long, Ed.D.
Dec 19, 20226 min read
African American Maritime History Series #7: Freedom Seekers and the Maritime Maroon Societies
African Maroon societies were historically recognized as existing throughout the African diaspora: from the Carolina islands and the...
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Kim Cliett Long, Ed.D.
Dec 18, 20225 min read
African American Maritime History Series #6: African Herbalism in the American Colonies
The forest not only hides man's enemies but its full of man's medicine, healing power and food. African Proverb Africans have practiced...
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Kim Cliett Long, Ed.D.
Dec 13, 20228 min read
African American Maritime History Series #5: The African Spice Trade Route and Colonization
Spice history is almost as old as civilization. This history is comprised of intrigue and tensions involving lands discovered, wars...
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Kim Cliett Long, Ed.D.
Jul 13, 20227 min read
African American Maritime History Series #4: Maritime Work Songs
Historically, along the African coast, there was a requiem-like cadence in all their songs, while at work or paddling their canoes to and...
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Kim Cliett Long, Ed.D.
Jul 10, 202211 min read
African American Maritime History Series #3: Roles and Responsibilities of Enslaved Water Workers
Where water is the boss, there must the land obey. African Proverb According to the 1860 census, nine of America's 19 largest...
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Kim Cliett Long, Ed.D.
Jul 5, 202215 min read
African American Maritime History Series--Introduction
Long before the Portuguese wandered along the West African coast, Africans had a global reputation as skilled swimmers, divers, and...
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Kim Cliett Long, Ed.D.
Jul 4, 20226 min read
African American Maritime History Series #2: Emergent Marine Insurance and Insuring the Enslaved
Early emergence of the insurance industry was a result of the need for insuring the ships carrying enslaved Africans to the Caribbean,...
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Kim Cliett Long, Ed.D.
Jul 2, 20228 min read
African American Maritime History Series #1: Seed Trade, Horticulture and Botanical Gardens
The early colonial transatlantic seed trade began when the first colonists landed on North American soil. The trade grew and flourished...
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Kim Cliett Long, Ed.D.
Apr 12, 20212 min read
African American Maritime History: The Story of Enslaved African Pearl Divers
Many people do not know about the practice of enslaving people from East Africa for use as the workforce in the pearling trade which...
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