Interesting story. Sorry to mansplain but corn arrived in Kenya and East Africa via Arab traders in the 16th century and later through the Portuguese and colonialists. Interestingly, it was through a similar route via Turkey that corn arrived in Italy and was known as granoturco (“Turkish grain”). The west coast was given corn by the Portuguese in the 17th century.
Interesting story. Sorry to mansplain but corn arrived in Kenya and East Africa via Arab traders in the 16th century and later through the Portuguese and colonialists. Interestingly, it was through a similar route via Turkey that corn arrived in Italy and was known as granoturco (“Turkish grain”). The west coast was given corn by the Portuguese in the 17th century.