Used in the dish called gumbo. it s sort of a convergence of french, african, african american and native culture into one. this is beautiful. this is very interesting to me because this is like not traditional french food. and we re sitting in the middle of paris. but this kind of food is very inspiring with all nationality we have here. like we have more nationalities. all the time at school when we grew up, we eat everything. we try the couscous, the gumbo. france has a long history of colonialism across africa, asia, and the caribbean. following world war ii and decolonization, many immigrants from former french colonies settled in the suburbs of paris and brought their food traditions with them. i grew up minutes from here. so how was it growing up here? it s very different in the center of paris where it s a bit more of a mono culture people.
And brought their food traditions with them. i grew up minutes from here. so how was it growing up here? it s very different in the center of paris where it s a bit more of a mono culture people. and out here it s like you don t feel like you re anywhere close to what we know as paris. i remember when i was younger, it was like the worst place. yeah. what do you mean by that? you heard about the no-go zone. i grew up in one. washington, d.c. is that place. it was that way for a long time. for me, it was so cool to be here, to grow up with all of the people, different people, different culture, no really violence. i never got any problems in the spree. me neither. it wasn t your experience? it was not. places are like that very often. exactly. i think it s really beautiful. this is a peanut sauce. peanuts are very african. you are okra gumbo, the sate,