Enid Bogle
Food is a key ingredient in our lives. It shapes our health and our identities. How people remember food is often a matter of taste, but our memories of food can also reveal where we came from, as Enid Bogle’s story shows.
Dr. Enid E. Bogle (b. 1931) moved to the US from Jamaica in 1962. She earned multiple degrees from Howard University in Washington, D.C., where she went on to work as a professor and administrator. Bogle directed Howard’s Writing Program and was named Assistant Dean in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. As a cultural organizer, she advised Howard’s Caribbean Student Association and chaired the Jamaica National Development Foundation’s Education Committee.
Selected quotations from an interview conducted on January 13, 1993. The recording is archived in the Black Mosaic collection.
Food reflects cultural practices and shared histories.