Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) traces its lineage to the ancient domestication of Sorghum bicolor in northeastern Africa, particularly in regions of present-day Sudan and Ethiopia, where sorghum emerged over 5,000 years ago as a drought-resilient staple grain. As pastoral and agrarian communities migrated across the African continent, sorghum diversified into numerous landraces adapted to local climates and cultural uses. Through trans-Saharan trade routes and later the forced migrations of the transatlantic slave trade, sorghum seeds traveled to the Americas, where African-descended farmers preserved and adapted them under new environmental conditions. Della Sorghum is commonly grown throughout Africa as a grain as well as for syrup.
