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2020 Here I Come Benin Republic
The year is 2020 and I have just arrived at a small rural village in Benin Republic. I am here on an assignment with the chapter of Engineers Without Borders I help to start five years ago. The reason for being here is two fold. First we are here to gain knowledge to see what type of sustainable energy projects could work here and second we are working with a group of agriculture students from Tuskegee University on a sustainable farming initiative.
We have arrived at the village and are eating dinner with some of the village elders. This village that we are working in is ethnically Yoruba. So as we sit down to eat the first thing that come out are the staples of pounded yam(Iyan). Pounded yam is made from a white yam that is pounded until it is the consistency of a very thick mashed potato. This dish is used to eat with stew which contains vegetables and meat. They also bring out some Amala, which is like pounded yam but it is made from cassava. That too is eaten with the stew. They then bring out Egusi stew which is made with a vegetable similar to spinach called tete. The meat that is used in the stew is goat meat and the stew is very spicy. It causes all of us from the States to sweat while we are eating it. All of the vegetable were grown locally using sustainable farming techniques taught to the farmers by the students from Tuskegee. For desert we all eat what is called puff puff. It is a pastry that is similar to a dounut with honey. After dinner we relax knowing that the work ahead will be challenging but rewarding.
We have arrived at the village and are eating dinner with some of the village elders. This village that we are working in is ethnically Yoruba. So as we sit down to eat the first thing that come out are the staples of pounded yam(Iyan). Pounded yam is made from a white yam that is pounded until it is the consistency of a very thick mashed potato. This dish is used to eat with stew which contains vegetables and meat. They also bring out some Amala, which is like pounded yam but it is made from cassava. That too is eaten with the stew. They then bring out Egusi stew which is made with a vegetable similar to spinach called tete. The meat that is used in the stew is goat meat and the stew is very spicy. It causes all of us from the States to sweat while we are eating it. All of the vegetable were grown locally using sustainable farming techniques taught to the farmers by the students from Tuskegee. For desert we all eat what is called puff puff. It is a pastry that is similar to a dounut with honey. After dinner we relax knowing that the work ahead will be challenging but rewarding.
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