> a quick Google finds
please post the search terms you used, or better, the links you found. If you claim stuff, back it up please.
There's a large tradition of eating marine arthropods (lobster, crab), and plenty of eating insects in africa (https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=insect%20eaten%20africa) and wider:
"Many cultures embrace the eating of insects. Edible insects have long been used by ethnic groups in Asia, Africa, Mexico and South America as cheap and sustainable sources of protein. Up to 2,086 species are eaten by 3,071 ethnic groups in 130 countries." - and there's plenty more of that