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Following UNESCO recognition, here's what's special about Haiti's cassava bread

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Employees handle cassava to process into cassava flour to be used to make bread. (Photo by Sia Kambou/AFP via Getty Images)
Employees handle cassava to process into cassava flour to be used to make bread. (Photo by Sia Kambou/AFP via Getty Images)

UNESCO has recognized cassava bread as a key part of humanity’s cultural heritage.

Host Anthony Brooks talks with Jacqueline Charles, Caribbean correspondent at the Miami Herald, about what kasav, or cassava bread, means to Haiti.

This segment aired on December 6, 2024.

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