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Heritage Journal

The Foods That Tell Nigeria's Story

Every state has a story. Sometimes you can taste it.

Jollof arguments travel farther than some rivers. So do tuwo, pounded yam, afang, miyan taushe, roasted plantain and the festival pots that appear only when a masquerade or harvest says so.

Taste Nigeria is not a restaurant guide. It is a way of asking what a community cooks when it wants to remember itself — and of sending you back to the state page for the rest of the story.

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