In this episode I speak with Retired History Professor Candice Goucher about her book Congotay!Congotay! A Global History of Caribbean Food and why food is such an integral part of one identity.

Dr. Candice Goucher was Professor of History and co-directs the Collective for Social and Environmental Justice at Washington State University, Vancouver, where she has taught since Fall of 2000. Previously she chaired the Black Studies Department at Portland State University, in Portland, Oregon.

Trained as a historian and archaeologist, she has conducted research in West Africa, the Caribbean, Mauritius, and the Northwest.

Book: 

https://www.amazon.ca/Congotay-History-Caribbean-Candice-2013-12-29/dp/B01K3R5N6U