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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...

Kim Cliett Long, Ed.D.

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...

Kim Cliett Long, Ed.D.

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...

Kim Cliett Long, Ed.D.

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...