BananaFor over a century, the banana has been rumoured to be everybody's favourite fruit. Quick and easy to eat, tasty, and versatile in its culinary uses, the banana is a staple of many diets around the world. The banana's history, however, is more than simply a succession of happy family scenes and the appeal of exotic locations. The growth and development of the fruit we know and love today are entangled with colonial practices, capitalist enterprise,