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Looking for seafood stew recipes from Africa, make Fanti Fanti African seafood stew. The African Gourmet seafood stew is a unique spicy African seafood recipe where octopus is simmered until tender adding fantastic flavor to the tomato and seawater rich stew. Our African Gourmet family has made Fanti Fanti African seafood stew made with seawater for over 10 years. Fanti Fanti African Seafood Stew Recipe Ingredients ½ pound cleaned diced octopus ½ pound shelled and deveined shrimp 3 fish fillets of any kind 4 large ripe tomatoes diced 1 hot pepper, chopped 1/2 cup seawater or 1 teaspoon salt dissolved into 1 cup water 3 cups tap water Directions In a large stew pot over medium heat add octopus, tomatoes, pepper, sea and tap water simmer 45 minutes until octopus is tender. Add remaining seafood and simmer 10 minutes longer. Serve with Ghana kenkey or over rice and enjoy your chop (food). More economical easy lunch and dinner recipes to make right now so you never have to ea

On the Akan Calendar are found four special days, collectively called dabɔne, bone evil, sacred days; Fɔdwo, Awukudae, Fofie and Akwasidae. Four Akan Dabɔne Sacred Days Fodwo Awukudae Fofie Akwasidae The composition of the Akan adaduanan calendar cycle is based on an older six-day week. The days of the six-day week are: 1. Fo - Council day 2. Nwuna- Sleep or death day 3. Nkyi - Taboo day 4. Kuru -Political day 5. Kwa –Rest day 6. Mono - Fresh start day The Akan calendar is based on what the Akan call forty days, adaduanan; da - day, aduanan - forty. Within the Adaduanan 42-day cycle of the Akan Calendar are found four special days, collectively called dabɔne (bone evil) sacred days; Fɔdwo, Awukudae, Fofie and Akwasidae.   Two of these evil days are collectively called adae. The other two of those evil days are Fodwo and Fofi. The 42-day cycle begin on Fɔdwo and the other three dabɔne follow in nine-day intervals; Awukudae on the tenth day, Fofie on the nineteenth da