>Prolly something to do with slavery just like everything.

They are used in traditional african gatherings when you have to cook for a lot of guests. Which is done outside in large iron pots called poitjies. check the pictures below.


http://www.taste-africa.com/images/potjie/potjie_26.jpg


http://www.africamediaonline.com/preview/984_423.jpg

http://www.africamediaonline.com/preview/984_448.jpg
http://www.our-africa.org/south-africa/images/maize-porridge-meal-cooking-pots/@@images/c88fce58-306d-4160-b62d-776ffbee5e53.jpeg

http://cache1.asset-cache.net/gc/483604339-south-africa-kwazulu-natal-damazulu-village-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=60tdV1nKsRhd%2BPRrLn1dJI9AtPYnZ6klbssabnU3U2I%3D


http://www.siliconafrica.com/wp-content/themes/directorypress/thumbs//african-woman-cooking-4.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TXclLTnH-6U/Tnby-sRsCtI/AAAAAAAABJ8/WWRluhic1Y8/s1600/KLC-CookingChicken.jpg

http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/african-woman-cooking-11482358.jpg

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbuttercup600.files.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F07%2Flamb-in-the-potjie-potjiekospotfoodsouthafrica1.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbuttercup600.com%2Ftag%2Fcabbage%2F&h=465&w=550&tbnid=-8n1IqCFlrU52M%3A&zoom=1&docid=wE2kAGe8koiQeM&ei=Bl6RVODUBYS1UaivgPgB&tbm=isch&ved=0CEgQMyghMCE&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=511&page=2&start=16&ndsp=24


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