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there you go. ♪ >> bob marley said it best. stolen from africa, gentrified in harlem. american black folks keep losing our connection to the places we come from. so im headed to central appalachia, a place many folks dont realize black folks still live, to hunt, eat, farm, and harmonize on the harmonica with the folks that fight to keep this place known as one of the homes of black folks. this is black appalachia. >> again! yes! ♪ >> nice! ♪ ♪ when i say appalachia, you probabl...

keep losing our connection to the places we come from. i am headed to central appalachia, a place many folks dont realize black folk still live, to hunt, eat, farm, and harmonize on the harmonica with the folks that fight to keep this place known as one of the homes of black folks. this is black appalachia. >> yeah. nice. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> when i say appalachia, you probably picture something like this, or this. harmful stereotypes of poor white folks. we will have to take those on an...

>> i love pig feet and chit lines. >> for the record, what are chitlins? >> theyre the intestines. >> okay. >> what were doing here just cleaning them. were just taking the fat off of it. >> how long have you been cooking chitlins? when did you learn how to do this? >> oh, my. when i was tall enough to stand with my grandmother. in those days -- >> yeah, you couldnt afford to waste. >> these foods are foundational to southern cooking, if you know what to do with. and trust nikki knows what to do...

Cooking is the same thing. >> please welcome to the show, nikki giovanni, a living legend, born in knoxville, tennessee. a poet, writer, activist, and educator. she has been called the poet of the black revolution. no biggie. she is also a fantastic cook. we have the whole garden. >> i am a southern cook. you eat and cook with what you have. >> i am her sous chef as she cooks up chitlins and pigs feet. >> i ate pigs feet and i love chitlins. >> for the record, what are chitlins? >> the intestine...