Africa Does Not Exist Anywhere Else
Africa does not exist anywhere else.
You can look at pictures and hear stories but it’s not there.
It’s not in the smell of rain on your dusty foothills, though that smell is as synonymous with Africa as any. It’s not in the sound of waves crashing on your craggy coastline – the water is somehow different, as much as the oceans are filled with it. It’s not in your Winter mist or Summer wind. Though the Spring breeze cloaks the roads with petals, they are not purple Jacaranda.
Africa does not exist anywhere else.
Except for a few aromatic moments perhaps, on your tongue : Best Traditional South African Recipes from a South African Kitchen.
