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Fungee and Pepperpot: Antigua's National Dish Story

Fungee and pepperpot is the national dish of Antigua and Barbuda. Its African cousins are clear, its exact history is not, and here is what the sources support.

6 min read

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Jollof Rice Origin: How a Senegalese Dish Started a War

Jollof rice traces back to ceebu jen, a fish and broken rice dish from Saint-Louis, Senegal. Here is what the evidence shows, and how Nigeria and Ghana ended up fighting over it.

5 min read

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