The Age · Travel / Inspiration

The history of this tasty dish is the history of humanity

· By Ben Groundwater
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You can already speak some Swahili, even if you aren’t aware of it. Hakuna matata: it means no worries. In Swahili. This problem-free philosophy was popularised globally in The Lion King, which also introduced the world to several more Swahili words: “Simba”, for example, means lion, “rafiki” means friend, and “pumb…

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