Talk:Fonio

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Connected to the Sumerian king list?

Any thoughts on this one? —preceding unsigned comment by Kylests (talk • contribs)

I'm a little confused here... what's the relationship between fonio and Sumerian kings again? Waitak 03:06, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Popping of fonio

I believe that the popped fonio information was incorrect. It apparently is for dehusking, not for a fonio equivalent of popcorn. --A12n 00:19, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

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More on the EDIBLE Particulars of this Plant is Needed

"The grains of D. sanguinalis -- naturalized [in North America] from Eurasia -- are edible and were highly prized by the Slavs. This crabgrass was at one point cultivated in Poland as a cereal plant." -- from page 471 of The Encyclopedia of Edible Plants of North America by Dr. Francois Couplan. Starhistory22 (talk) 21:18, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Appellations in English (& other languages) for Digitaria spp. in Africa

User:Catjacket added a phrase to the article intro stating that "Findo" is another name for fonio. I moved it to hidden comment pending determination as to how to handle multiple names in the article. Afaik, "findo" is not widely used (I never heard it in 11 years in West Africa, including living in 2 areas where fonio was a significant crop). It is certainly true that what we now usually call "fonio" has various names in the various languages of the region, and I'm guessing that "Findo" may be one of those. Howeve, since these are many, it wouldn't make sense to put them or some selection of them in the intro part of this article. A section for names for fonio in major West African languages would seem to be the best approach.

THere is, however, another name used in English for fonio - "acha" - which is more commonly used in Nigeria, I think, and which probably should be at the head of the article as an "also called" after "fonio." It happens to be a loan from Hausa ("acca"). There are actually fonio products marketed with "acha" on the label (in English), so it would help to mention this early in the article. -A12n (talk) 19:39, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

'Findo' is Mandinka. I think a section on other names would be great. Catjacket (talk) 21:50, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Black Foodways in the United States

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