Jamaica Kincaid: "Captain Bligh's Bounty" at Fales Library, April 30th
Apr 15, 2013
Kincaid will speak about the role played in her childhood on Antigua by breadfruit, Artocarpus altilis, and other food crops introduced into the West Indies in the 18th century. Soon after its initial identification in Tahiti in 1769 by English botanist Sir Joseph Banks as a cheap, nutritious, and easy-to-cultivate starchy food, efforts were made to bring breadfruit to the Caribbean.
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