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The Strange History of Coffee, or how magic beans rule the world

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021

If you hadn’t guessed by the title of this blog, I like coffee. I like coffee a lot. While I’m not generally a person who cares if she swims WITH the stream, in this instance it doesn’t distress me to know that I’m not alone. Let’s take a look at the strange history of coffee,

17th Century, Uncategorized, Women in History

Women in History, Part 2 – Queen Nzinga, the Mother of Angola

March 19, 2021March 19, 2021

Since it’s still Women’s History Month, let’s talk about another badass bossbabe today – Queen Nzinga of the Ndongo and Matamba kingdoms. In the last post, we were in China, so let’s head to the west coast of southern Africa, to what is now Angola, to learn about this amazing woman. I thought I’d learned