A Fonio Love Story

The city of Togoville in the Republic of Togo stands out as the only major urban centre in Africa with a market that operates entirely on a barter system.

There are many #alternatives to #capitalism and many of these can be seen in the ecology of the subaltern, in indigenous knowledge systems. This video offers one small part of the pluriverse of ideas that exist out there. This is The Life of the HIMBA.

It is indigenous to and a staple food of parts of West Africa - Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo and Nigeria – where it has been cultivated and consumed by various indigenous communities for centuries.