Couscous plants its seed at UNESCO
Audio 48:30
Algeria: preparation of couscous AFP
By: Emmanuelle Bastide
59 min
On December 16, 2020, couscous entered UNESCO's intangible world heritage.
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While his paternity has long been an object of contention, 4 Maghreb countries: Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania have chosen to bring the candidacy together.
An emblematic dish of North Africa, couscous recipes are endless.
What makes the popularity of couscous which travels to the 4 corners of the world?
With:
Nadia Hamam
, journalist, author of
Les mondes du couscous
(Encre d'Orient)
Ghazi Gheraiari
, Ambassador of Tunisia to
UNESCO
and a report by
Inès Edel-Garcia
who met
Sophia Hocini, a 27-year-old Kabyle woman born in Algeria, before joining France to escape the black decade.
Like many immigrant populations, in their luggage, Sophia and her family took the couscous recipe on board.
Today, Sophia has left the family home, but she continues to carry on this tradition, a cultural heritage of which she is very proud.
--- REP Couscous Sophia (Cut-4'59)
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