The African Gourmet: African Cuisine, Folktales and Cultural Stories

Follow these steps to make perfect quality salted and fish. Salting is a perfect way of preserving fish. Salting is the preservation of food with salt and is one of the oldest methods of preserving food. Salt prevents the growth of bacteria by drawing water out of fish cells. If properly packed and kept dry, salted fish will keep in good condition for a long time. Cutting up or filleting the fish is good as it speeds up the preserving salting process. Use perfect salted fish step by step for stew and soup recipes. Perfect Salted Fish Directions Step by Step Three most common species of freshwater fish in West Africa are Sardine, Tilapia and Nile Perch. Tilapia is a good flavored fish, easy to prepare and cook. It is rich in protein, vitamins, and minerals, low in fat, making it a healthy choice for the sick and elderly with risk of high blood pressure, high cholesterol or heart diseases and an excellent source of vitamin B12, which is very important in our body to help maintai...

One Do Wrong All Get Punished Short African Folktale African folktales teach the right words for justice are vital. African folklore brings people together, read and study more folktales, and short stories from the African continent. Three things to remember when reading African Folklore stories. ❤  ❤ ❤ Folklore storytelling is the most ancient art form of the African Community. Time and effort must be given to becoming an African folklore storyteller, just as any artist must give time and effort to developing their skill. African folklore is as old as Africa herself with a deep appreciation for antiquity expressed in artistic form. African folklore storytelling as a form of teaching. African folklore storytelling has long been accepted as a form of teaching to be defined as a series of events told in such a way that it moves the emotions and the intellect. African folklore storytelling is a spiritual legacy passed down from one generation to another.  ...

Roots of Black Africanized Christianity Spiritual Songs Black African ways of worship shaped spirituals, gospel music, and hymns — leaving a lasting mark on Christianity and musical expression worldwide. African-inspired worship shaped gospel, hymns, and spiritual music traditions. Across Africa, music has long been a sacred force — healing the sick, calling on ancestors, and praising God. Songs accompanied births, harvests, funerals, and daily labor. This deep musical heritage traveled with enslaved Africans to the Americas, where it intertwined with Christianity under both oppression and hope. Slaveholders in North America feared the expressive African ways of worship — drumming, dancing, and ecstatic prayer — labeling them as wild or idolatrous. Many gatherings were banned, forcing worshippers to meet in secret prayer houses and brush arbor meetings. Christianity had been introduced to parts of Africa centuries earlier, but t...

The process of growing Cacao tree cocoa seedlings to cocoa beans in Africa is worth globally $135 billion, seed to pod cocoa tree processing step. Africa is the center of the chocolate making world. From seed to pod cocoa tree processing step by step.   Cocoa seedlings and shade tree seedlings grown in a nursery.  Cocoa seedlings planted, shade trees planted. Ripe cocoa pods harvested from trees.  Pods broken, cocoa beans and pulp removed.  Cocoa beans fermented under banana leaves.  Well-fermented cocoa beans dried, either in the sun on raised mats or in solar dryers.  Cocoa beans put into sacks for transport.  Weighing and checking at buying the station.  Farmers compensated individually or through co-operatives, premiums paid. About Cocoa beans to chocolate. Cocoa beans are the principal ingredient of chocolate made from the cacao pod. Walk through the process from gro...

Read Stupid People Quotes and Proverbs by African People Read stupid people quotes African proverbs by African ancestors to understand the stupid people you are forced to be around in everyday life. Understand why stupid people think stupid to better understand stupidity through the insight of African proverbs. What is stupid? Stupid is a person that does not have oodles of intellect or resourcefulness going through life making choices that lack common sense. Stupid is a person with less than average mental intelligence. Stupid Things African Proverbs About Stupid People None so busy as those who do nothing. Bad watch often feeds the wolf. A buffalo that is tied up will hate the one that is free. Jealousy is poison's brother. For the last-comer the bones. He does a good day’s work who rids himself of a fool. Nothing is got without pains but a bad name. Only the dumb dog chases a flying bird. Rotten wood cannot be carved. Sometimes you sow red b...

Kenyan Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai taught her brand of sustainable development, democracy, and peace which won her the Nobel Prize.Dr. Wangari Maathai taught a practical understanding of love for the world. Dr. Wangari Maathai Brief Biography Kenya's Dr. Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. Maathai was awarded the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize in the field of humanitarian work founding The Green Belt Movement. Maathai was born in Nyeri, a rural area of Kenya on April 1, 1940. She became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 and the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree. She earned her doctorate from the University of Nairobi in 1971. Dr. Maathai was a Kenyan environmental activist who founded the Green Belt Movement (GBM). In 1976, while she was serving in the National Council of Women, Professor Maathai introduced the idea of community-based tree planting. The GBM, main focus at the t...

Harissa Red Hot Pepper Paste Recipe Harissa is the iconic seasoning of North African cooking — fiery, flavorful, and easy to make at home. Traditionally served with vegetables, meats, and couscous, this bold chili paste comes together in just 5 minutes once your spices are toasted. Fiery homemade harissa — a North African kitchen essential Ingredients ½ cup extra virgin olive oil 4 hot peppers of your choice, diced 1 garlic clove, chopped 2 tablespoons cumin seeds, toasted 1 tablespoon coriander seeds ½ cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped A small handful of fresh coriander leaves, chopped 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1 teaspoon fine sea salt Directions Lightly toast the cumin and coriander seeds in a small pan over medium heat for 2–3 minutes until fragrant. Remove from heat and cool. Add toasted seeds and all remaining ingredients to a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth. Transfer to a clean jar, cover, and refrigerate. ...

How to cook Zanzibar Coconut Beans. There's nothing quite like this classic Zanzibar African food recipe of coconut beans using dry and fresh beans and fresh coconut milk. Coconut milk comes from the white flesh of mature brown coconuts, which are the fruit of the coconut tree. Coconut water is found in young coconuts, you can use coconut water instead of coconut juice but the taste will not be as rich however, the calorie count is lower. Rice and beans are the most common food dish in many African Countries and coconut beans is a hearty African food recipe that is inexpensive to make. Ingredients 1 cup dry red kidney beans 2 teaspoons minced garlic 1 large red onion, diced 1 large green bell pepper, diced 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon salt 3 cups of coconut milk 1 cup white rice 2 cups of coconut milk Directions Add all ingredients except rice and 2 cups of coconut milk into a large pot and simmer 3 hours. In separate pot cook rice in coconut milk for 20 mi...

Six main rivers flow across the African country of Liberia. Liberia shares rivers with all its neighboring countries. The Mano River forms a border between Liberia and Sierra Leone and the Cavalla or Cavally River forms a border between Côte d'Ivoire. Liberia, located in West Africa, covers an area of 111,370 square km or around 27.5 million acres of land. Just over 14 percent of the total area of Liberia is water from rivers, lakes, swamps, lagoons, creeks, and streams that drain to the Atlantic Ocean.  It borders Sierra Leone to the northwest, Guinea to the north, Cote d’Ivoire to the northeast and east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and southwest. Liberia shares rivers with all its neighboring countries. Rainfall amounts vary a lot in Africa and Liberia is one of the wettest countries in Africa with 45,550 cubic meters of rich natural renewable water resources. Liberia receives 2,391mm of precipitation per year with a climate that is tropical, hot and humid wet, c...

Hoeing is divisive, about African countries where prostitution, buying sex, brothels, pimping, and solicitation are legal by regulations and laws. Most sex workers do not enjoy the sexual acts they perform; working all day and night, sometimes traveling to different towns and villages, many times walking the streets praying, it is scary to be outside jumping in different cars not knowing when you're coming home. They just fell into the life, everyday waking up saying “I have to do this I have to what is needed in order to survive." Why do women and men sell themselves for money? Many do not want to, being arrested for prostitution, sleeping with random people on the streets, in cars and hotel rooms is not the life women of the night envisioned for themselves at the age of five. Young African girls have dreams of a different life than hoeing, dreaming of being a real estate agent, a flight attendant flipping houses. Not giving themselves up stripping dignity away but still ...

Africa’s Land and Maritime Boundaries Why Africa’s Borders Are So Disputed Africa, the world’s second-largest continent, straddles the equator and has 54 sovereign states . Yet the creation and maintenance of clear national boundaries — on land and at sea — has rarely been straightforward. Many borders were drawn during the colonial era with little concern for cultural, ethnic, or geographic realities. Today, when resources, safety, or national revenue are at stake, unclear boundaries often spark disputes. Clear property lines matter — but in Africa, land markers can be moved, rivers shift, and maritime zones hold valuable oil, gas, and fishing grounds. Land Boundaries Boundary stones or monuments physically mark where one country ends and another begins. However, some nations accuse neighbors of shifting or destroying markers. Others face porous borders that allow refugee flows, migration, and smuggling . For example, Liberia and Ghana have specia...