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 ...

Yes, Dzenkple (sometimes spelled as "Dzengple") is a traditional Ewe dish from the Volta Region of Ghana. It is a staple food among the Ewe people and is made from fermented corn dough, similar to ...

Egusi and okra soup with fufu has become popular in international "mukbang" circles, where people engage in self-indulgent eating for an online audience. And more and more, Africans are also getting ...

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 ...