La Part du lion: Comment la cuisine afro-américaine a changé les États-Unis

Beautiful highlight of Benin 🇧🇯 Kingdom of Dahomey.

I love anthropology and the culture of food to me is fascinating. This short series did a beautiful job of tracing the culutural lineage of African American cooking. I especially loved the quiet tone of the host and the vibrancy of the cinematography. With only four episodes, though, I feel it failed to further explore Northern influences in the great migration. I would have liked more.

A great documentary that shows how important the connection between local cuisine and one's own origins and identity is. We at Manuyoo, a Berlin start-up, bring products made in Africa to Europe & Germany, such as the Sodabi Tambour Original from Benin and other exceptionally great products. In addition to promoting fair trade with African countries, we also contribute to the dissemination of culinary delicacies.

This show has been so enlightening for me as a white woman with roots that are both Native American and African. I am amazed at the facts that are shared here. Not because black folks didn't have them already, but because we didn't. It is clearly a celebration of blackness which I fully support, but also of rich stories from generations of people who NEVER gave up, never made excuses, and certainly showed society who they were and what they could do. The people represented in this whole show have made it worth its weight in gold. The ties to Africa and the south were shocking to me. I never knew. What a shame we're not taught these things in school. Africans as a people have had such an influence on everything we eat. They should be honored.

I am so honored that I know the truth about what it means to eat soul food, my absolutely favorite way to eat anything, and its history. Thank you for creating a space for education that doesn't sugar coat truth but tells the story plainly.

I cannot wait to tell people of this treasure of a show. It is both informative and necessary. I hope this is the beginning of an important conversation.

I mean Mac and Cheese came from a guy who cooked for a president?! So stinking cool! He should have been paid in royalties for his absolute brilliance.

I gave it a 9/10 only cause it was so short and I wanted more.