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fufu
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

moambe
thumb|Oil palm fruit
thumb|Harvesting palm nuts for moambe
Gabonese cuisine
culinary traditions of Gabon
chicken moambe
savoury chicken dish from central Africa

Thiakry
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Thiakry (also spelled thiacry or chakery, from ), bodé in Fulani or dèguè in Bambara is a sweet millet couscous dish consumed in West Africa. Its first recipe dates from the era of the Fulani people in present day northern Senegal who are traditionally herdsmen, and spread throughout West Africa. The Senegalese dessert is now known as a delightful afters in West Africa.The wheat or millet granules are mixed with milk, sweetened condensed milk, or yogurt, as well as dried fruit such as raisins, desiccated coconut, and spices such as nutmeg.