Was working on Nov/Dec’s cryptograms, from the American Cryptogram Association’s bi-monthly journal.
Several referenced the holidays - one pointed out how Kwanza celebrants often enjoy African foods brought to the US, like Sesame seeds, peanuts, sweet potatoes, and collard greens.
The thing is, of those only sesame seeds are native to Africa, and they were being grown in the Middle East more than 3,000 years ago. (Peanuts are native to Paraguay, Sweet Potatoes to Yucatan, Collard Greens were grown by the ancient Greeks.)
None of these were introduced to the US by Africans.
Which made the quotation very much, I think, in the spirit of Kwanza.
Then again, I doubt it was introduced by an African, or even a Brit, for that matter.