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Podcast: Life Elsewhere
Episode: Two Very Different And Exceptional Books
Description: Jori Lewis - Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History
Who knew the humble peanut could provide a fascinating backdrop for an expedition into history, geography, culture, economics, and West Africa. Award-winning independent writer, Jori Lewis weaves a complex story in Slaves For Peanuts with a deft hand at including the tiniest of details without ever boring her reader. Few of us know the peanut’s tumultuous history or its intimate connection to slavery and freedom. Jori Lewis explains the natural and human history of a crop that transformed the li...