African Foods

I’ll be adding the printable version soon. I am working on a book version as well as a class for Matthew’s Kitchen.

Algeria

Capital: Algiers

Food: Couscous, Jwaz, Mechoui, Bagita, Dolma

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Angola

Capital: Luanda

Food: Gafanhotos de palmeira,  Catatos, Chikwanga, Cocada amarela, Leite azedo, Kizaka, Muamba de galinha. Calulu, Funje, Cabidela

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Benin

Capital: Porto – Novo

Food: Yovo Doko, Kuli- kuli, Dahomey Fish Stew, Wagassi

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Botswana

Capital: Gaborone

Food: Mmasekuku, Bogobe jwa lerotse, Dikgobe, phaphatha, Serobe, Seswaa, 

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Burkina Faso

Capital: Ouagadougou

Food: To, Ragout d’igname, Babenda, Riz Gras, 

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Burundi

Capital: Gitega

Food: ugali, curry, marahagwe, ibiharage, bea soup, matura and mahu

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Cabo Verde

Capital: Praia

Food: cachupa, buzio, bol of cus cus, xerem, 

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Cameroon

Capital: Yaounde

Food: Corn Chaff, Sangah, Kwacoco, kpwem, Mbongo tchobi, Kondre, Ekwang, Achu Soup, Poulrt DG, Ndole

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Central African Republic

Capital: Bangui

Food: cassava, rice, squash, pumpkins, plantains, ora, gombo 

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Chad

Capital: N’ Djamena

Food: La Bouillie, Peanut and Squash stew, Jarret de boeuf, Daraba

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Comoros

Capital: Moroni

Food: Mkatra Foutra, Langouste a la vanille, Mshakiki

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Capital: Kinshasa

Food: cassava, hot pepper sauce, chikwanga, fufu

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Republic of the Congo

Capital: Brazzaville

Food: cassava, hot pepper sauce, chikwanga, fufu

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Cote D’Ivoire

Capital: Yamoussoukro

Food: fufu, cassava, plantains, yams with chicken, kedjenou

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Djibouti

Capital: Djibouti

Food: Lahoh, Skoudehkaris

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Egypt

Capital: Cairo

Food: Rumi, Fesikh, Mulukhiyah, Kelda Iskandarani, Qatayef, Kushari, Hummus, Shawarma, Kunafah, Ta’meya

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Equatorial Guinea

Capital: Malabo and Oyala

Food: cassava, rice, yam with chicken, fish, succotash

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Eritrea

Capital: Asmara

Food: Shahan ful, Zigini with injera, Zigini, fata, kulwa

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Eswatini

Capital: Mbabane and Lobamba

Food: Sishwala, Slaai, aloo Roast Ostrich Steak

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Ethiopia

Capital: Addis Ababa

Food: Berbere, Genfo, Doro wat, Shiro, Kitcha, Teff, fit-fit, tips, kitty, injera

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Gabon

Capital: Libreville

Food: baked bananas gabon, doing – dongo, poulet nyembwe, chakery

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Gambia

Capital: Banjul

Food: Afra, Akara, Baobab juice, Benching, domed, okra stew, tapalapa, yassa, 

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Ghana

Capital: Accra

Food: fufu, ampesi, apapransa, banku, bofrot, chef, red red, kenkey, kontomire stew, kelewele, suya, tuo zaafi

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Guinea

Capital: Conakry

Food:  fou fou, bouille, cooked mango, fried plantain, patates, fouti, gateaux farine, 

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Guinea – Bissau

Capital: Bissau

Food: jollof rice, egos soup, yassa chicken, fried cassava, fish stew, avocado with tuna, grilled prawns, ravias

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Kenya

Capital: Nairobi

Food: ugali, irio, githeri, kenyan pilau, wali wa Nazi, Sukuma Wiki, Kenyan stew, nyama choma, matoke, Chapati, Kachumbari, kenyan balisa, masala chips, chips mayai, mandazi, matura, kenyan burger,  grilled maize, samosas, chai, 

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Lesotho

Capital: Maseru

Food: oxtail soup, curries, kebab, braai, sea food

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Liberia

Capital: Monrovia

Food: liberian peanut soup, liberian rice bread, cabbage stew, liberian chicken gravy, dumboy, torborgee, collards and cabbage

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Libya

Capital: Tripoli

Food: sfinz, salata mashwiya, tajin mahshi, couscous bil bosla, makaruna imbaukha, ruz hoot bil kusbur, hasa adas, basbousa bil tamr, kufta bil batinjal, bazin

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Madagascar

Capital: Antananarivo

Food: Lasary Voatabia, varenga, mofo gasy, lasopy, bonbon coco, vary amin anana, akoho sy voanio, laoka,  romazava

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Malawi

Capital: Lilongwe

Food: futali, Nthochi

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Mali

Capital: Bamako

Food: Timbuktu and Gao Katta Pasta, Dogon Some, maafe

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Mauritania

Capital: Nouakchott

Food: imraguen women mullet bottarga, caravane, Mauritanian pepper steak with coconut, bonava, leksour

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Mauritius

Capital: Port Louis

Food: Hakien, Alouda, farata, dholl puri, 

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Morocco

Capital: Rabat

Food: baghrir, chebakia, marbucha, Msemen, tanjia, harira, Pastilla, chicen tajine, couscous, 

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Mozambique

Capital: Maputo

Food: fofos de arroz, matapa, peri peri chicken

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Namibia

Capital: Windhoek

Food: oshifima, veldt, meat and pap

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Niger

Capital: Niamey

Food: fari masa, djerma, dounguouri soko

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Nigeria

Capital: Abuja

Food: afang soup, nkwobi, efo- riro, ogbono soup, banga soup, tuwo shinkafa, eba, suya, moin moin, jollof rice

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Rwanda

Capital: Kigali

Food: umutsima, isombe, mizuzu, papaya, avacado, mango, pineapple

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Sao Tome and Principe

Capital: Sao Tome

Food: sao tome peach, sonhos de banana, calulu

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Senegal

Capital: Dakar

Food: thiebou guerte, thiebou guinaar, mulet farci a la saint- louisienne, bassi- salte, ndambe, sombi, cafe touba, thiebou yapp, thieboudienne, yassa

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Seychelles

Capital: Victoria

Food: carotte banana, chitin requin, kat-kat banana, salade de palmiste, bourgeoisie grille, pwason sale, pwason griye, kari koko zourit, civet de chauve souris, ladob

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Sierra Leone

Capital: Freetown

Food: Chirimoya de la costa tropical de granada malaga, espárrago de Huetor- tajar, miel de granada, poniente de granada, jamón de Trevelez, 

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Somalia

Capital: Mogadishu

Food: baasto, digaag, samosas

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South Africa

Capital: Pretoria, Cape Town Bloemfontein

Food: melktert, roosterkoek, peri peri chicken, chakalaka, bobotie, bunny chow, biltong, braai 

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South Sudan

Capital: Juba

Food: kisra, mandazi, wala wala, aseeda, gurassa, kajaik,  ful sudani, tamia

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Sudan

Capital: Khartoum

Food:  goraasa, shaaria, baseema, kamounia, kisra

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Tanzania

Capital: Dodoma

Food: zanzibar pizza, mchuzi wa samaki, wali wa nazi, chipsi mayai, ndizi na nyama, mchemsho, mannazi, mshikaki, mchicha, ugali,

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Togo

Capital: Lome

Food: djenkoume, gnome dessi, crevettes aux poivrons

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Tunisia

Capital: Tunis

Food: harissa, bambalouni, kafteji, lablabi, fricassee, mswmen, mechouia salad, brik, shakshouka,  couscous, 

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Uganda

Capital: Kampala

Food: teso oyere finger millet varieties, nswaa, luwombo, kikomando, 

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Zambia

Capital: Lusaka

Food: chibwabwa, ifisashi, chikanda, kalembula, delele, ndiwo, nshima

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Zimbabwe

Capital: Harare

Food: chikenduza, mupunga unedovi, sadza, muboora, dovi

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