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South Africa's District Six Cookbook Helps Preserve A Lost Community

Linda Fortune's family was forced out of District Six when she was 22. Growing up, the family often ate crayfish her father caught as a hobby. "If you had an overabundance of fish, you would share it with the neighbors," she recalls. Alan Greenblatt/NPR hide caption

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South Africa's District Six Cookbook Helps Preserve A Lost Community

June 19, 2017 • By the 1980s, 60,000 people had been forcibly removed from this mixed-race section of Cape Town. But the area's food traditions reflect the spirit of helpmekaar, an Afrikaans term for mutual support.

Apartheid Is Long Gone, But African Food Is Still Hard To Find In Cape Town

The few African restaurants in downtown Cape Town, such as Mama Africa, cater mainly to tourists. Alan Greenblatt hide caption

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Apartheid Is Long Gone, But African Food Is Still Hard To Find In Cape Town

December 12, 2016 • Cape Town, South Africa, is now a global food hot spot. But the lack of restaurants serving traditional dishes of the continent speaks to larger concerns about what this post-apartheid society values.