Packet 9: Tossup 15

This food is referenced by many of the cognates shared by Baka and Aka that belong to neither Ubangian nor Bantu languages. This food is traditionally produced using Brachystegia bark in the miombo woodlands. Kenyan farmers invented “fences” that simultaneously produce this food and repel (10[1])elephants. (10[1])This food (10[1])names the (-5[1])cowpea-like Nigerian (10[1]-5[1])beans used to prepare gbegiri (“beh-KEER-ee”). This food is fermented with buckthorn gesho to make the wine served at Ethiopian (10[1])bars called t’ej bet. Hadza men and women (10[1])harvest this (10[1])energy-dense food, which provides most of their calories in February, by cheating namesake birds of the genus Indicator (10[1])that act as guides. (10[4])Apocryphally, adult lions fear a mustelid (10[1])named for this food, (10[1])which resists venom and is also (10[1])called the ratel (10[1])(“RAH-tull”). For 10 points, what food (10[1])names an obstinate African species of badger? (10[1])■END■ (10[6])

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