African cowpeas, popularly known as black-eyed peas, are a versatile, nutritious legume that can be incorporated into various ...

"A lot of times, black-eyed peas and other foods from West Africa provisioned slave ships," Miller said, adding that enslaved Africans forced to endure the Middle Passage were fed cowbeans and yams.

Origins of the Black-Eyed Pea Tradition The practice of eating black-eyed peas for good luck has its origins in African and ...

Native to North Africa, black eyed peas found their way to the mouths of Black Americans by way of the transatlantic slave trade. European slavers fed enslaved people the beans while on the ships.

Black-eyed peas at New Year’s are not just a Texas thing. The bean traces its origin to West Africa and grew in popularity after first being introduced and cultivated in the southern U.S. Anna ...

Along with the veggies, spices and of course black-eyed peas, all of which I’d read about in an online recipe, I added the large bone leftover from our Easter ham. Actually, I felt a little ...