ʻO kaʻaiʻAmelika, keʻano likeʻole ma'ō aku o nā wahi likeʻole o ka'āina, ua waiwai nui i nā mea'enela a me nā kumulāʻau e loaʻa mai i nā hua ulu hua (e like me nā mea kanu a me nā uapo), huaʻole (e like me ka maiʻa a me nā mea kanu), a,ʻo ka mea nui loa,ʻo ka palaoa i'ōpalaʻia.
ʻO nā huaʻai mai keʻano o ka meaʻai e like me ka millet, ka'ōpala, ka sorghum a me ka palaoa. ʻO kēia keʻano o kaʻai maʻamau o Sub Saharan Africa kahi iʻikeʻia he pap, sadza, nshima, a ugali paha, ma waena o nā inoa'ē aʻe.
Maize
ʻO ka mea i hoʻolaha nuiʻia o'Aselika eʻikeʻia nei he maze,ʻoiai i kapaʻiaʻo ka palaoa. ʻO keʻano maʻamau e kuke ai a'ānaiʻia e like me ka pōmaikaʻi, kahi i hanaʻia ai e like me ka momona momona o ka paʻakai, a me ka mush o ka mīkini paʻakikī, e like me keʻano pauʻole o ka momona,ʻaʻole naʻe e like me ka gelatinous a me ke kūkā.
He mea maikaʻi ke kuhikuhiʻana, akā naʻe,ʻaʻole hiki i ka maile ke paʻakikī wale i ka uluʻana ma'Afelika, akā,ʻaʻole ia he kūʻokoʻa i ka'āina. He kumukūʻai waiwai mua i hoʻolaunaʻia e nā Pukiki, a ma muli o ka Miracle (1965),ʻoiai he mea paʻakikī ia i hōʻea mai i ka seneturi 16 a ua mahiʻia paha i nā mea kanu iʻAmelika, uaʻaeʻia keʻaeʻoleʻo ia ka mea nui i ka manawa.
Millet
Ma mua o ka hoʻokuʻuʻiaʻana o ka maile iʻAla Pākīpika Hema,ʻo ka millet ka palaoa iʻai nuiʻia ma ka'āina. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, hiki i ka 50 mau makahiki i hala aku nei,ʻo ka palaoa ia i kohoʻia.
ʻO ka millet,ʻo ia hoʻi ka lelo palaoa, i'ōleloʻia he mea i hānauʻia ma Africa ma mua o ka laweʻia aku i'Asia. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, e like me ka'aha'ōlelo o kaʻimi noiʻi aupuni, ua kākauʻia ua kūʻaiʻia nā salo palaoa i nā makahiki 4000 i hala ma Afirika Komohana. ʻO nāʻanoʻano o ka millet kekahi me ka lipio a me ka lili lima.
He meaʻai nui ka millet a hāʻawi nui aku i ka hoʻokele waiwai oʻAmelika ma mua o ka kānana, akā naʻe, no ka nui o ka noiʻi'enekema a me ka hoʻomohanaʻana i ka mahiʻana i ka maile,ʻo ka hoʻohanaʻana i ka palaoa ka mea nui iʻoi aku ka nui o ka maize. He mea pōʻino kēia no ka meaʻoi loa ke kūʻokoʻa o ka mea kanu i nā'ōpala, koi aku ka liʻiliʻiʻoi aʻe ma mua o ka maile a he mea hiki ke kōkuaʻia no ka hoʻolakoʻana i ka meaʻai.
ʻO ke kī
ʻO ka'ōpala ka huapalapala i pili pū me nā'āpana hekoa oʻAmelika,ʻAitiopa a me Eritrea. ʻO ia ka mea iʻike nuiʻia i ka hanaʻana i ke injera, ka pāpale pāpia Etiopia e hele maikaʻi loa ana me nāʻanoʻokoʻa likeʻole i kapaʻia he mau'īlio . Ua hoʻonaniʻia ka palaoaʻaila a uhiʻia no kekahi mau lā a hiki i ka uluʻana. ʻO kēia hana hoʻouluʻana e hoʻonui ai i kaʻahu a hoʻonui i ka māmā a me kahiʻano maoli o ka hūnaʻana i ka berena, e ulu ana i ka māmā māmā. I kēia lā, e hoʻomaka nui ana ka'ūlapa ma waho o kona'āina hānau,ʻo Kuitiopa, a ke loaʻa neiʻo ia i ka kaulana i ka makaiʻai meaʻaiʻole.
ʻO Sorghum
Hoʻololiʻia ka Sorghum i kekahi manawa e like me ke millet, akā naʻe, heʻano'ē aʻe ka palaoa. He mea kaulana ia i nā'āina e like me Botswana a hoʻohanaʻia e hana pap a sadza, iʻikeʻia ma Botswana e like me ke koʻokoʻo.
Hiki ke hoʻopūpūʻia a hoʻoliloʻia i loko o kahi pōmaʻa maikaʻi iʻikeʻia heʻano.
ʻOhi
ʻO nā'ōpala a me nā huapalapala eʻai nuiʻia maʻAkelanika'Ākau a me kekahi mau wahi o ke Komohana a me ke'oloka o'Afelika. ʻO keʻano maʻamau o kēiaʻano pilikino.
> Kālā
> Miracle, MP, 1965, Ka Hoʻomākaukau a me kaʻUla o Maize ma'Afelika. ʻO ka Journal of African History. 6 (1), 39-55.
> Ka 'Aha Naʻauao Aupuni. Nā Loina Loaʻa oʻAmelika: Volume I: Kaʻi. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1996.