Just before the start of crop planting in May, Abdullahi Hassan Wagini visited a neighbor’s farm in northern Nigeria to discuss how to prepare the fields. What happened next led him to abandon his livelihood of 25 years. As the two men were chatting, bandits on motorcycles opened fire on […]
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The Vegan Nigerian Founder Tomi Makanjuola On Breaking Social Barriers Through Food
Despite lockdown resulting in surge a of people adopting plant-based diets, stereotypes surrounding the “typical” plant-based chef are still anchored in images of white, hipster folk, reified by the whiteness inherent in the food media industry. But Tomi Makanjuola, a Nigerian-born, London-raised chef is carving out her own space. Using […]