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African Rice: "It was first domesticated and grown in West Africa,[2] and was brought to the Americas by enslaved West African rice farmers.[3] "
There is no evidence of who brought African rice to the Americas or when. Or even whether that happened after the arrival of Columbus in the Caribbean. After all he merely used the North Equatorial Current to get from Senegal to the Caribbean, a route open to West Africans for tens of thousands of years, which only became available to Columbus and Spain in 1492, having been previously controlled by the Moors who were defeated in that year. There is no direct evidence that it was brought by Africans who were enslaved - not all Africans were. The source itself merely states there are several accounts, one indeed crediting Africans under slavery, others crediting Europeans. However it is not traced to one specific person, unless I am mistaken. Source given: Judith A. Carney (2004), "'With Grains in Her Hair': Rice in Colonial Brazil" (PDF), Slavery and Abolition, Frank Cass, London, 25 (1), pp. 1–27, doi:10.1080/0144039042000220900
More here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0144039042000220900 83.84.100.133 ( talk) 10:37, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
Here are some reliable sources for use in this article. -- Una Smith ( talk) 17:46, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
Actually Wikipedia:Naming conventions (flora) states,
Plants that are sufficiently significant economically or culturally should be given a page describing their use, history and associations, with their common name as a page title. Example: coffee. Simultaneously, a separate page titled with the plant's scientific name should be created; this would be the place for botanical descriptions and relationships. Example: Coffea.
This means that "African rice" which is the common name should be the name of this article, and a separate article Oryza glaberrima should be created. Wapondaponda ( talk) 04:55, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
enter script:
Re: this sentence: Long-grain gold-seed rice boasted grains 5/12ths of an inch long (up from 3/8ths of an inch), and was brought to market by planter Joshua John Ward in the 1840s. Despite its popularity, the variety was lost in the American Civil War.[13] 12ths of an inch? Where is this the standard? And the next measurement is in 8ths of an inch? Could we just change these to .417" and .375"? I think it makes it much easier to compare the sizes. Even putting the decimal equivalent in parentheses would be an improvement.
I wasn't sure if it would be acceptable to just put that in as an edit, so I came here first. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Themadpatter ( talk • contribs) 20:42, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
Look, I'm really ill right now so I cannot verify that this is a problem. Plus this is something I'm dictating so please excuse any very strange words that pop up. In this article it says:
Rice growing in deeper, more permanent water became floating rice. [1]
However, when you click on floating rice, that article is only about Asian rice and though it mentions Africa, it does so in a way that seems to imply (as far as I can currently tell) that Africa is using the Asian variety. So if this is a problem please do something about it. If it is not a problem, please just make a note here. I will try to remember to come back and do something about this but because I tend to pass out when I get fevers, I don't know if I'll even remember to look this up. Thank you very much! Geekdiva ( talk) 05:35, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
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African Rice: "It was first domesticated and grown in West Africa,[2] and was brought to the Americas by enslaved West African rice farmers.[3] "
There is no evidence of who brought African rice to the Americas or when. Or even whether that happened after the arrival of Columbus in the Caribbean. After all he merely used the North Equatorial Current to get from Senegal to the Caribbean, a route open to West Africans for tens of thousands of years, which only became available to Columbus and Spain in 1492, having been previously controlled by the Moors who were defeated in that year. There is no direct evidence that it was brought by Africans who were enslaved - not all Africans were. The source itself merely states there are several accounts, one indeed crediting Africans under slavery, others crediting Europeans. However it is not traced to one specific person, unless I am mistaken. Source given: Judith A. Carney (2004), "'With Grains in Her Hair': Rice in Colonial Brazil" (PDF), Slavery and Abolition, Frank Cass, London, 25 (1), pp. 1–27, doi:10.1080/0144039042000220900
More here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0144039042000220900 83.84.100.133 ( talk) 10:37, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
Here are some reliable sources for use in this article. -- Una Smith ( talk) 17:46, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
Actually Wikipedia:Naming conventions (flora) states,
Plants that are sufficiently significant economically or culturally should be given a page describing their use, history and associations, with their common name as a page title. Example: coffee. Simultaneously, a separate page titled with the plant's scientific name should be created; this would be the place for botanical descriptions and relationships. Example: Coffea.
This means that "African rice" which is the common name should be the name of this article, and a separate article Oryza glaberrima should be created. Wapondaponda ( talk) 04:55, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
enter script:
Re: this sentence: Long-grain gold-seed rice boasted grains 5/12ths of an inch long (up from 3/8ths of an inch), and was brought to market by planter Joshua John Ward in the 1840s. Despite its popularity, the variety was lost in the American Civil War.[13] 12ths of an inch? Where is this the standard? And the next measurement is in 8ths of an inch? Could we just change these to .417" and .375"? I think it makes it much easier to compare the sizes. Even putting the decimal equivalent in parentheses would be an improvement.
I wasn't sure if it would be acceptable to just put that in as an edit, so I came here first. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Themadpatter ( talk • contribs) 20:42, 24 February 2021 (UTC)
Look, I'm really ill right now so I cannot verify that this is a problem. Plus this is something I'm dictating so please excuse any very strange words that pop up. In this article it says:
Rice growing in deeper, more permanent water became floating rice. [1]
However, when you click on floating rice, that article is only about Asian rice and though it mentions Africa, it does so in a way that seems to imply (as far as I can currently tell) that Africa is using the Asian variety. So if this is a problem please do something about it. If it is not a problem, please just make a note here. I will try to remember to come back and do something about this but because I tend to pass out when I get fevers, I don't know if I'll even remember to look this up. Thank you very much! Geekdiva ( talk) 05:35, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
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