Central African cuisine

Fufu (or fufuo, foofoo, foufou ) is a pounded meal found in West African cuisine. It is a Twi word that originates from the Akans in Ghana. The word has been expanded to include several variations of the pounded meal found in other African countries including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Angola and Gabon. It also includes variations in the Greater Antilles and Central America, where African culinary influence is high. Fufu's prevalence in West African su

culinary traditions of Angola

culinary traditions of Gabon

culinary traditions of Cameroon

culinary traditions of Equatorial Guinea

cuisine originating in Central African Republic

culinary traditions of Chad

Chikwangue, also known in Cameroon as and in the Congo River basin language of Lingala as , is a starchy, fermented-cassava product that is a staple food across Central Africa: the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Republic of Congo (RotC), Gabon, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. Chikwangue is made by fermenting cassava in water for up to fourteen days, then turning it into a paste and wrapping it in marantaceae leaves for steaming.

culinary traditions of São Tomé and Príncipe

yam-based staple food from West Africa