West African Clothing

West African Clothing

Custom made wedding dresses ar the traditional wedding attire for much of Western society. But crossways the globe, there ar as many unlike styles of wedding dress as there ar styles of ceremony. Here are a few of the alternatives seen crossways the world, many of them ar derivatives of the formal wear seen in the countries and cultures listed.

Africa

In West Africa the most notable item of wedding clothing isn’t the women’s custom made wedding dress, but the men’s dashiki: a colourful garment that covers the top half of Read the rest of this entry »

West African Cuisine

West African Cuisine

Beans (or black-eyed peas) ar a common staple in West Africa and are second only in popularity to rice and its many uses. From plain cooked beans to more elaborate meals like moin-moin (bean cake), it’s a healthy vegetable with a flavor all of its own. The meal moin-moin (bean cake) is one of the more democratic dishes, and although it takes a while to prepare, it’s worth the taste once ready to be served. Traditionally, brown beans are used and are soaked in water for a while to make the skin soft. It is then washed by hand Read the rest of this entry »

West African Food Pics

West African Food Pics

Welcome to this exciting series of articles about African Cuisine.

Of all African cuisine, West African cuisine is the most authentic. In North Africa, the Arab culture has made the cuisine not as authentic as one would expect it to be. In East Africa, the presence of Indian culinary culture has scoured the authenticity of Africa’s cuisine. In Southern Africa, European presence does non allow African cuisine express itself authentically. Therefore west Africa’s cuisine is today the most authentic of all of Africa’s cuisine.

West African cuisine is the preparation style which African Read the rest of this entry »

West African Foods

West African Foods

West Africa is a melange of traditional African cookery techniques and methods with compound European influences and muslim influences. Most of the cooking is traditional and stews made with rice ar commonplace. Indeed, Jollof Rice in one form or other is found throughout West Africa. The cuisine is notable for its use of chillies (usually very hot chillies) in the one-pot stews (locally called ‘soups’) that ar attended either by rice or by a sticky mucilaginous mass called Fufu that traditionally is made from fermented cassava flour, but which can also be made from plantains, mashed yams, maize flour Read the rest of this entry »

Western African Food

Western African Food

The chile was most likely was brought over to West Africa from Portugal in the 15th century. The African populations astatine that time pronto recognised the new chile, as they were already familiar with hot spices. Cubeb pepper, grains of paradise, and Ashanti pepper were regularly used in West Africa cooking.

Prior to the arrival of the Portuguese in West Africa, there is very little mention of spices in the diets of medieval Arabic people in this region. There is mention, however, of a “Sudan pepper” in Morocco. This was probably Ashanti pepper or cubeb, a Read the rest of this entry »

West African Food

West African Food

Unlike many other parts of the great African continent, West Africans can boast of more healthy eating habits. Nigeria and other coastal parts of West Africa ar generally fonder of chilies in food than other African cuisine entertains. Many coastal recipes admit fish prepared in unlike ways. Often the fish is marinated in ginger, tomatoes, and cayenne, and then cooked in peanut oil.

Thanks to the influence of French preparation styles in Senegal, chefs often use lime juice, chopped vegetables including scallions, garlic and marinades as additions to their meals. One would also find that peanut Read the rest of this entry »

Woman Of Africa

Woman Of Africa

Here ar available scholarships for African women to study for Postgraduate and Undergraduate programmes. Some of these are niche scholarship programs specifically for women. You can also apply for other outside(a) scholarships that are not gender specific. The scholarships aim to encourage women to further education in several fields of study.

Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship for Women in Africa, Europe and the Middle East

Google aim to encourage women from the international community to surpass in computing and technology through the Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship offered for women in Read the rest of this entry »