Timeline · 16th–19th c.
Foodways, botany, story, and ritual carried across the Middle Passage.
Caribbean Plants
Hibiscus
Carried with West African seeds and recipes.
Food Heritage
Sorrel Drink
Carried across the Atlantic with West African foodways.
Cultural Wellness
Bush Bath
Reinforced through West African herbal traditions.
Oral Traditions
Anansi the Storyteller
Brought from the Akan tradition during the Middle Passage.