The origins of watermelon Although stereotypes about the fruit are primarily associated with the American South and Black American culture, the fruit's vines stem all the way back to the African ...

while one North African condiment, with its citrusy sweet spice, introduces your salad to something completely unexpected: Watermelon salad, meet harissa. Originating in Tunisia, harissa is a red ...

During his studies, he noticed that there was a very narrow connection between egusi and watermelon, which was thought to come from Asia. READ MORE Opinion: Safeguarding Africa’s diverse food crop ...

IN SHORT: A Facebook video claims that watermelon and cuttlebone can reduce high blood pressure. But a professor of haematology says there is no evidence for this. A video posted on Facebook in ...

From backyard barbecues to gourmet kitchens, this juicy summer staple is being sliced, spiced and savored in new ways.

Despite the negative consciousness that many Black people continue to hold about eating watermelon publicly, the native African delicacy continues to provide a wealth of nutritional benefits.

Groups in southern Africa reportedly have made poison for arrows from the roots of Citrullus naudinianus, a wild cousin of domesticated watermelon. Bernard Dupont from France via Wikimedia Commons ...