African Women: The Overlooked Climate Experts
African women across the diaspora are using food to preserve memory, pass down ancestral knowledge, and drive climate innovation in their communities.
In a modest kitchen in Antigua, a woman's precise slicing of ripe plantains transported Amina back to her childhood in Kaduna, where she ate "dodo" with her family. This experience highlights that food carries not only across geography but also through time, holding memory, identity, and survival.
This phenomenon is not unique to Antigua, as similar scenes can be found on the streets of Cartagena or in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. African women have long maintained culinary, agricultural, and ecological traditions that embody memory, resilience, and innovation.
Food travels not only across geography, but through time — carrying memory, identity, and survival with it.
Examples include grandmothers preserving seeds inherited over generations and chefs blending local spices with medicinal qualities, demonstrating the significant role African women play in preserving and innovating climate-related traditions.
Author's summary: African women drive climate innovation through food and tradition.
- Preserving memory and ancestral knowledge through food
- Driving climate innovation in their communities
- Maintaining culinary, agricultural, and ecological traditions
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