Lowcountry Gumbo

This Lowcountry version of gumbo is very different from its New Orleans cousin. Gumbo comes from the word for okra in several West African languages—ki ngombo, or gombo for short. Okra and gumbo were part of the African culture brought over by enslaved persons on the Middle Passage. From the Colonial era onward, okra-based stews and gumbos could be found almost everywhere with large populations of enslaved Africans and their descendants.

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