When Stroller steps onto 116th Street, he immediately notices the African statues, Dutch wax cloths, and silver jewelry from Mexico. Which represents the major racial identities of the people who live there. Then Stoller is greeted with West African manners by his friend and paints a picture of strong cultural stability maintained in Harlem. The smell of Senegalese, a rice pilaf with fish and vegetables and okra sauce, that brought Stroller back to Niger is another strong representation of both the race and the stability of the culture that are