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1897 Jamaican culinary reference in English language.

This is an audio file from KCBX FM (Central Coast Public Radio from California. The segment identifies that Americans have confused yams and sweet potatoes and more often than not, what is labeled a yam in the US is really a sweet potato.

Photograph of 5 women, 4 of them with large trays of sweets.

A review of Michelle Rousseau and Suzanne Rousseau's Provisions: The Roots of Caribbean Cooking published in The Atlantic that discusses cassava flour.

An article from the library of congress on the difference between sweet potatoes and yams

1 drawing : watercolor and gray ink, 19.2 x 12.9 cm. (sheet) | Rear view of black woman in yard, chickens and thatched roof structure nearby.

Image of Yam growth in West Africa

This power point is a group research project that shows through genetics that the yam helped develop African culture