Somali Bantu Farmers Featured in NEPM

Credit Ben James/NEPM

“Corn is at the center of Somali Bantu culture. In early October, the harvest mostly complete, I met Aden and his father in Enfield. Alternating between English and his native Maay Maay, Abdule displayed a half-dozen dishes made from corn grown in Hatfield and Northampton.”

— Ben James/NEPM