Soup prepared from the fruits of the palm nut tree.Ĭlassical West African meal of rice with stewed meat and vegetables. Chapter 51 Chapter 50 Chapter 49 Chapter 48 Chapter 47 Chapter 46 Chapter 45 Chapter 44 Chapter 43 Chapter 42 Chapter 41 Chapter 40 Chapter 39 Chapter 38 Chapter 37 Chapter 36 Chapter 35 Chapter 34 Chapter 33 Chapter 32 Chapter 31 Chapter 30 Chapter 29. Pidgin, meaning troubles or disagreements. It produces sweet, edible berries.ĭokon: real name for kenkey, see above kyenam: fried fish.Īlways put together as a standard fast meal, eaten cold. Except by President Kwame Nkrumah, who ignored it for symbolic reasons, it has been preferred as the residence and offices of all governments.Ī coastal Ghanaian staple of cooked corn meal and one of the solid foundations of a vast national food industry.Ī tree common in coastal Ghana. Built by the Danes, it was subsequently captured by the English who used it as the seat of colonial government.
West African pidgin pun on the Scottish name.Ĭhristiansburg Castle by the sea at Osu, Accra. The cold, dry wind that effectively constitutes the West African winter. In current West African pidgin, this means a bribe.Ī Ghanaian expression for a new recruit, interchangeable with ‘greenhorn’. It is made from rice, millet, corn or sorghum. Most people who live in zongos are presumed to be Islamic.Ī Hausa staple adopted by almost the entire Sub-Sahel. West African term for a ghetto of northern peoples in southern cities.