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The traditional diet of the Bantu in the Pietersburg district


H.C. Franz

Abstract

The food habits of the Tswana-Sotho ethnic group in earlier years are described by a  medical practitioner of 40 years' experience in the Pietersburg district, who has made a close study of such diets. We know that following World War 11 maize was adopted by the Bantu as the cereal staple and that pellagra and kwashiorkor have become very  prevalent in these parts. The writer shows that the tradional diet gave protection against deficiency diseases and urges that the Bantu be induced, as far as possible, to  return to the fo.od habits of earlier times, in particular to the use of kaffir-corn, beans and milk, in order to alleviate present conditions.

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