Trying a homemade swallow inspired by Nigeria using rice and beans. It’s soft, filling, and perfect with your favorite soup like egusi or okra. Come cook it with me step by step and see how easy it is ...

Okra soup is a favorite accompaniment for eating fufu throughout West Africa. Diced okra pods are mixed with sliced green vegetable leaves and any variety of meat and fish. This recipe comes from ...

The green slimy fruit shaped in a conelike form is of the West African origin. The Igbo tribe in Nigeria calls it "ọ́kụ̀rụ̀", while the Yoruba’s call it "Ila." Most people classify okra as a vegetable ...

As the Ashanti People of Ghana say, "A man has not eaten a day unless he has eaten fufu." Patriarchy aside, and mercifully perhaps, women are not under the same proverbial pressure to eat fufu in such ...