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Field name | Value |
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Reference | TX725.S6 S57 1976 |
Library/Archive | Michigan State University |
Title | Iris bakes the cake: an English-Zulu cookery book compiled from recipes used in Durban domestic workers centres |
Author/Creator | Shurman, Cari |
Date | 1976 |
Collection | Africa |
Collection Overview | There are over 200 African American cookbooks in the collection dating from the early 19th century to the present. The earliest is a first edition of Robert Roberts, 'The House Servant's Directory' (1827), the first cookbook written by a Black American and first book on any subject written by a Black American to have been printed by a commercial publisher. Additionally there are charity cookbooks, Black dialect items, and celebrity cookbooks. The collection is complemented by strong holdings in Caribbean cookery and African cookery. |
Place of Publication | Durban, South Africa |
Publisher | Domestic Workers and Employers Project |
Document Type | Printed Cookbook |
Theme | Global and Ethnic Cuisines; Food, Race and Ethnicity |
Subjects | global cuisine charity employment domestic service |
Cuisine | South African cuisine |
Description | Published by the DWEP, described as: "DWEP [Domestic Workers and Employers Project] is a subsidiary but autonomous organisation of the S.A. Institute of Race Relations. Its chief aim is to bring about an improvement in the position of domestic workers by helping to create a better understanding between worker and employer and by revising working and wage conditions of domestic workers, and trying to improve their status and personal image." |
Countries | South Africa |
Language | English; Zulu |
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Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation © 2019, by the Michigan State University. All rights reserved. |