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African women who were enslaved and brought to America often smuggled core culinary seeds inside the braids of their hair.

“African women braided their hair and hid rice seeds as well as other grains in cornrows. Also hidden in hair are black eyed beans, small cassava cuttings, maize and other grains depending on how thick the hair was.”

https://face2faceafrica.com/article/how-hair-was-used-to-smuggle-grains-into-the-caribbean-by-african-slaves

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