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Don Ohadike argued that this crop was popularized in Igboland as a result of the 1918-19 flu pandemic, because it used less labor than yams. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this crop introduced to Africa from Brazil. This stable food is used to produce tapioca.
ANSWER: cassava [or manioc; or yuca]
[10h] Both African cassava mosaic virus and cassava brown streak virus disease were first reported in this country, where the British Labour Party launched a failed groundnut scheme in the late 1940s.
ANSWER: Tanzania [or Tanganyika]
[10m] This ethnic group is most commonly credited with beginning to use cassava to make fufu. This ethnic group was also predominant in the Ashanti Empire, which is named for a subgroup of them.
ANSWER: Akan [or Twi; prompt on New Kwa]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, World History>

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