Geri Augusto - the importance of okra to enslaved people

Geri Augusto explains how enslaved people used plants such as okra and traditional African dishes to survive life on plantations in the Americas during the time of the transatlantic slave trade.
Geri Augusto is a visiting associate professor of International & Public Affairs and Africana Studies, a faculty associate at Brown’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (CSSJ) at Brown University, Providence, USA.

[@annettejones2648]

Awesome presentation. Soooo glad that I grow Okra! Especially, after seeing your video

[@stevessoony2010]

Thank you

[@adrienneaugustus5412]

I definitely learned something today. I’m growing okra and wanted to know more about it’s history; and now I feel even more of a connection to growing it.

[@rainabrown2633]

Awesome ❣️ Preach & teach Sistar 💖

[@Kane_J18]

Facts

[@a.gglobal7577]

You have a beautiful mind. Just saw your breakdown on Indian and Africa enslavement. R 1. Blessings to U

[@akanke715]

Great information and the way she presents it with such grounded knowledge is beautiful. I love it.

[@renitasanders7032]

Thank you extremely educational....I love okra and gumbo and I am on my 2nd year of growing my okra in my garden.

[@christophercouch7116]

Gumbo = witches brew

[@cynthiaculiner9]

Okra…… why are there so many jokes about it? Ty for the history…. I always joke, if you hate something, you should at least Learn about what it is you hate. People hate bananas, mushrooms, tomatoes…. But wouldn’t you no it? Why is okra number one on the hate list?
“Okra you know? It’s green”
“I thought she was black?.”
“No Michael you idiot, Not OPRAH; OKRA.”
“Ohhhhhh, and the old man has you pulling archon duty over a vegetable.”
“Boychick, your mashyga. Clearly you have never tried okra. It’s slimes and hairy and doesn’t sit in the stomach well either.”