African Cookbook to Aid Refugees

PRLog (Press Release) – Nov 22, 2007 – The Sierra Leonian and Liberian refugees of Sénégal are, in many ways, Africa's forgotten refugees. As part of their respecitive contries' diasporas they are effectively stateless and as refugees they have no status and very few rights in Sénégal. Indeed, they have no right to work there and many are women and children surviving hand to mouth on the poverty line.

In an attempt to help the Celtnet site has produced a cookbook of African recipes from each and every country on he Continent of Africa. These are a mix of local dishes and more complex and elaborate 'touristy' fare. All in all the book comes in at over 800 pages and there are over 1000 recipes. You also get some information about the various countries and regions of Africa.

The cuisines of Africa are, like its peoples and landscapes, extremely diverse and reflect the Arabic, European and Native influences on the land and its peoples. Indeed, African food can be surprising in its diversity and shows just how little we know about this land. In many ways Africa is the lost culinary continent and its cuisines deserve to be more widely disseminated. The 'Recipes of Africa' is there for an attempt at both educating people about the foods of Africa whilst at the same time generating a source of revenue for the 'Help Stefan' charity campaign.

The eBook itself, http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes/ebooks.php, is part of the large Celtnet recipes site: http://www.celtnet.org.uk/recipes and is offered for only $10. It represents the first time that such an extensive collection of recipes from all over Africa has been collected into one volume and all proceeds will go to the site's 'Help Stefan' charity campaign.