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Africa African Diaspora

Africa has a diverse culture consisting of many unique tribes and countries that have influenced each other. African culture is expressed through arts, crafts, folklore, religion, clothing, cuisine, music and languages. Cuisine in Africa uses locally available fruits, grains, vegetables, as well as dairy and meats. Central African cuisine commonly features staples like plantains, cassava and fufu served with meats and sauces, while dishes in other areas include spinach stew, peanut stew, and porridges made from rice and peanut butter. Meat dishes involve beef, chicken and occasionally game meats.

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Africa African Diaspora

Africa has a diverse culture consisting of many unique tribes and countries that have influenced each other. African culture is expressed through arts, crafts, folklore, religion, clothing, cuisine, music and languages. Cuisine in Africa uses locally available fruits, grains, vegetables, as well as dairy and meats. Central African cuisine commonly features staples like plantains, cassava and fufu served with meats and sauces, while dishes in other areas include spinach stew, peanut stew, and porridges made from rice and peanut butter. Meat dishes involve beef, chicken and occasionally game meats.

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AFRICA

The culture of Africa is varied and manifold, consisting of a mixture of countries with various
tribes that each have their own unique characteristics from the continent of Africa. It is a
product of the diverse populations that today inhabit the continent of Africa and the African
Diaspora. African culture is expressed in its arts and crafts, folklore and religion, clothing,
cuisine, music and languages.[1] Expressions of culture are abundant within Africa, with large
amounts of cultural diversity being found not only across different countries but also within
single countries. Even though African cultures are widely diverse, it is also, when closely
studied, seen to have many similarities. For example, the morals they uphold, their love and
respect for their culture as well as the strong respect they hold for the aged and the important
i.e. Kings and Chiefs.
Africa has influenced and been influenced by other continents. This can be portrayed in the
willingness to adapt to the ever-changing modern world rather than staying rooted to their static
culture. The Westernized few, persuaded by European culture and Christianity, first denied
African traditional culture, but with the increase of African nationalism, a cultural recovery
occurred. The governments of most African nations encourage national dance and music
groups, museums, and to a lower degree, artists and writers.

CUISINE

The various cuisines of Africa use a combination of locally available fruits, cereal
grains and vegetables, as well as milk and meat products. In some parts of the continent, the
traditional diet features a preponderance of milk, curd and whey products. In much of tropical
Africa, however, cow's milk is rare and cannot be produced locally (owing to various diseases
that affect livestock). The continent's diverse demographic makeup is reflected in the many
different eating and drinking habits, dishes, and preparation techniques of its manifold
populations.[13]
In Central Africa, the basic ingredients are plantains and cassava. Fufu-like starchy foods
(usually made from fermented cassava roots) are served with grilled meat and sauces. A
variety of local ingredients are used while preparing other dishes like spinach stew, cooked
with tomato, peppers, chillis, onions, and peanut butter. Cassava plants are also consumed as
cooked greens. Groundnut (peanut) stew is also prepared, containing chicken, okra, ginger,
and other spices. Another favorite is Bambara, a porridge of rice, peanut butter and sugar.
Beef and chicken are favorite meat dishes, but game meat preparations
containing crocodile, monkey, antelope and warthog are also served occasionally.

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