Africa’s Gastronomic Legacies are Present Throughout Mexico Dr. Marco Polo Hernández Cuevas, in his book, “The Afro-Mexican Ancestors and the Nation They Constructed,” reveals that rice, rice cultivation, and a significant part of rice gastronomy, arrived in Mexico in the sixteenth century from the Senegal-Gambia region of West Africa. Rice in Mexico Came from Senegal-Gambia, … Continue reading The West African Influence on Mexican Rice Cultivation and Gastronomy