with fruits and vegetables. As people in the cities relied on butchers and convenience stores selling canned and packaged goods, the African-American diet became dominated by meat and foods that were cooked, fried, or doused in sugar and preservatives.
Followers of Rastafarianism are probably the best-known for seeking a natural, holistic diet. The religion was birthed in the 1930s in Jamaica and built upon the philosophies of Marcus Garvey, who organized a Black nationalist movement in the U.S. in the 1920s. Many Rastafarians adhere to an “Ital” diet, which focuses on organic foods from the earth that increase one’s connection with nature and God.
Of course, not everyone agreed with the idea that soul food was harmful. By the 1960s, it became a positive cultural expression of Black pride, an idea further promoted by Amiri Baraka ,
Fantastic article. RIP Dr Sebi
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