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Stories, guides and conversations for Africans abroad: culture, food, career, japa and everyday life between two worlds.
Share your storyHow to Store African Spices, Oils and Dry Goods So They Last
Keep your palm oil, crayfish, garri, egusi and spices fresh for months. A practical storage guide for African kitchens abroad.
Oct 23, 2026 · 2 min read10 Types of Fufu (Swallow) Across Africa
Fufu is not one food. From pounded yam to ugali, banku and tuwo shinkafa, a guide to Africa's favourite swallows…
Oct 23, 2026 · 2 min readWhy Nigerians Don’t Measure Ingredients (And It Still Works)
"Add small." "You will know when it is enough." How cooking by memory, taste and instinct works, even in a…
Oct 23, 2026 · 1 min readHow to Rehydrate Dried African Leaves for Soups and Stews
Dried bitter leaf, ugu, cassava leaves or ewedu? A simple step-by-step method to bring them back to life, plus mistakes…
Oct 23, 2026 · 2 min readEgusi vs Ogbono: Which Soup Wins?
Thick and bold or smooth and drawy? Taste, texture, the best swallow for each, and why this debate will never…
Oct 23, 2026 · 2 min readNigerian Jollof vs Ghanaian Jollof: What Really Makes Them Different
The rice, the spices, the smoky bottom pot and the shito. A friendly breakdown of the jollof wars, with a…
Oct 23, 2026 · 3 min readHow to Cook Jollof Rice That Is Red, Smoky and Never Burnt
No more burnt bottoms or pale pots. Simple tips for the pot, the heat, the tomatoes and the rice, so…
Oct 23, 2026 · 2 min read20 Nigerian Foods Every Naija Person Abroad Misses
From ewa agoyin to Agege bread: the tastes of home we crave most when we live abroad, and how to…
Oct 23, 2026 · 3 min readFolktale: The Forbidden Song of the Dundun Drum
A Yoruba-inspired tale about Adeola, a gifted young drummer, a secret song said to bring riches but also a curse,…
Oct 23, 2026 · 2 min readFolktale: The Ungrateful Lion
An African fable about a lion who promised gratitude to the monkey who saved him, then broke his word, and…
Oct 23, 2026 · 1 min readFolktale: The Twins and the Python
An Efik-set folktale about a mother of twins, a bargain with a python, and the courage it took to protect…
Oct 23, 2026 · 2 min readFolktale: The Hunter and the Faithful Dog
A Yoruba-set retelling of a story told in many cultures: a hunter, his loyal dog Rere, his baby son, and…
Oct 23, 2026 · 1 min read