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Black History Year

Watermelon’s Surprising Ancient And African Ancestral Roots

Black History Year

PushBlack

History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Go to any cookout and just the sight of juicy, bright red watermelon makes our mouths water. But the taste isn’t the only thing we savor. Enjoying watermelon is an ancestral practice with roots extending all the way back to Africa. _____________ 2-Minute Black History is produced by PushBlack, the nation's largest non-profit Black media company. PushBlack exists to amplify the stories of Black history you didn't learn in school. You make PushBlack happen with your contributions at BlackHistoryYear.com — most people donate $10 a month, but every dollar makes a difference. If this episode moved you, share it with your people! Thanks for supporting the work. The production team for this podcast includes Cydney Smith, Len Webb, and Lilly Workneh. Our editors are Lance John and Avery Phillips from Gifted Sounds Network. Julian Walker serves as executive producer." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

New Series, those about to die only on prime video.

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Win or lose, all must fight to survive.

0:09.0

My son, sure then you can fight.

0:11.0

Enter the arena of the Gladiators starring Anthony Hopkins.

0:15.5

Nothing is more important than our beloved wrong.

0:18.4

From the Director of Independence Day.

0:21.1

The moment is upon us.

0:22.4

Kill or be killed.

0:26.0

Those about to die. 19th of July only on Prime video.

0:30.0

Go to Wendy Cookout and just the sight of juicy bright red watermelon makes our mouths water.

0:38.0

But the taste isn't the only thing we savor.

0:41.0

Enjoying watermelon is an ancestral practice with roots extending all the way

0:47.0

back to Africa. This is two minute black history. What you didn't learn in school.

1:00.0

Botanists have recently traced today's watermelon back to Sudan's Kordefan melon.

1:06.3

Before botanists made this connection, it had been believed that watermelons had originated

1:10.7

in South Africa.

1:12.6

Egyptian hieroglyphs portray watermelon

1:15.3

as an important part of ancient Egyptians' daily lives,

1:18.9

from harvesting them to placing the melons

1:21.3

inside the royal tombs, so deceased pharaohs would have food in the afterlife.

1:26.2

Across Africa, our ancestors cultivated their knowledge of watermelon with each harvest.

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