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Yam vegetable stew with plantain dumplings recipe local food name is Counin Zindo that is super simple to prepare by Burkinabé cooks. Plantain dumplings are a small amount of soft dough that is boiled in yam veggie stew. How do you make plantain dumplings from scratch, well its easy just drop plantain dough gently into a pot of simmering stew for about 20 minutes. The full recipe directions and ingredients are below. Ingredients for Yam Vegetable Stew. 2 yams cut into cubes 2 large onions, diced 2 large tomatoes, diced 1 small eggplant, peeled and diced 3 medium carrots, diced 2 medium white potatoes cut into cubes 1 medium sweet potato cut into cubes 1 hot pepper, chopped Salt to taste 4 cups water Directions for Yam Vegetable Stew. Add all ingredients to a large lidded pot simmer 10 minutes. Then follow the directions for plantain dumplings. Ingredients for Plantain Dumplings. 2 ¼ cups self-rising flour 2 large mashed ripe plantains 1 tablespoon ground parsley fla

Clans and tribes means more than citizenship, nationality and land boarders throughout Africa. List of nationality names in Africa. One classic disastrous example of ethnic or tribal group identity displacing nationality is in East Africa.  Tutsi insurgents continue to fight waging guerrilla battles in Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, the ethnic strife that sparked the slaughters in Rwanda and Burundi continue in the regions.  The Tutsis as cattle-herders were often in a position of economic dominance to the farming Hutus and in many areas, like Rwanda, the minority Tutsis ruled the Hutus, 84% of the total population. South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world and a history of xenophobic attacks by people who accuse citizens of other African countries , as well as Asian countries, of coming to steal their jobs.  The South African government does not collect data on attacks or threats against foreign nationals. About 70% of foreigners in South Africa come from neighborin

Homemade breakfast Boerewors sausage patties are easy to make. In South Africa, Boerewors are traditionally cooked over coals as part of a barbecue, or fried in a pan on the stove inside casings to make link sausages. Today we are making Boerewors sausage patties instead of links. It is essential to know the difference between minced meat and ground meat when making South African Boerewors. Boerewors uses minced meat and not ground meat. Minced meat is meat that is chopped up very finely; ground meat is more pulverized since it is put through a meat grinder possibly with other fillers such as fat, soybeans and water to bulk the ground meat up. The word Boerewors is literally translated to farmer’s sausage in the Dutch Afrikaans language and is a traditional South African sausage. The spice coriander and cloves define Boerewors taste. Serve in between two slices of bread, mushrooms, tomatoes, cheese and eggs for the ultimate Boerewors breakfast sandwich.   Boerewors Sausage Pa

Two Bulls Can't Stay in the Same Kraal tells the folklore story from Ghana Africa of sibling rivalry and a hard-headed younger brother. Against the African folklife background many microcultures social identity becomes expressed in folklore history often compressed into one African culture and heritage.  The narrative of Africa's folklore traditions is tied into the magnificent historical emergence of many nations.    However, folklore from Africa has been central to folklife magnifying views of culture, views that mattered so much to a continent struggling with rapid changes twisted by large-scale wars, immigration, industrialization, and urbanization.  The African story is one of continual material and social progress, building families through cultural consensus with peoples accepting and embracing an African identity.    Archaeology collects and compares the material relics of old microcultures, the axes and arrowheads. There is a form of study, folklore, which collects

African proverbs for understanding the human spirit, and mind and where to stand between good and evil. African Elders will tell you do not invite evil to sit at your table then cry because your life is hard. The best masters of shunning evil wisdom are those who listen to their first mind and order things. African proverbs are general forms of speech, leaving the restrictions, which the case may require or bear, to be made by the hearer or interpreter’s discretion. African proverbs have paved the way to success for many Africans. They also provide a safe haven for many people in challenging circumstances to develop and thrive, but good does not always come from good as the 13 African proverbs below make known. Do not invite evil to sit at your table then cry African proverbs. Good comes to better, and better to bad. He pulls at a long rope who desires another’s death. Soon ripe, soon rotten. A good dog never gets a good bone. To rude words deaf ears. No flies get into a shut mouth.

In Africa the Covid-19 virus infected around 1 million people with 20,276 deaths in 47 countries many are embroiled in Covid-19 corruption scandals. As of August 19, 2020, there were 2,071 new Covid-19 related deaths, a 15% decrease that occurred in 33 countries, with 73% of the deaths in South Africa at 1,513, followed by Ethiopia with 132 deaths and Algeria with 57 deaths.   South Africa is the hardest hit country with Covid-19 on the African continent and is ranked fifth globally, although with relatively low numbers of deaths, 2.1% fatality ratio. Health worker infections continue to increase gradually with 38,382 or 4.2% infections reported in 42 African countries since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak. According to the WHO, These 10 countries collectively account for 88% of all reported Covid-19 cases. Covid-19 WHO Data as of August 19, 2020 table. African Country Reported confirmed Covid-19 cases South Africa