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1. ackee, n. View full entry 1792
...The bright red pear-shaped fruit of the tropical tree Blighia sapida (family Sapindaceae), containing pale flesh which is commonly used in Caribbean cooking. Also: the tree itself, West...
2. deiamba, n. View full entry 1851
...Congo tobacco; = hemp4....
3. fufu, n. View full entry 1740
...A kind of dough usually made out of plantains, a traditional food of people of West African origin....
4. kungu, n. View full entry 1897
...A small East African gnat, Chaoborus edulis....
5. kwanga, n. View full entry 1891
...In the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a kind of bread made of manioc....
6. mahewu, n. View full entry 1936
...A non-alcoholic home-brewed drink made of thin, slightly fermented maize-meal porridge, often with wheat flour added; a similar, commercially manufactured drink sold in cartons, or in the form of an instant ready-mix....
7. marula, n. View full entry 1857
...A tree, Sclerocarya birreasubsp.caffra (family Anacardiaceae), found in tropical and subtropical central and southern Africa, which has dark green, glossy foliage and an edible yellow fruit...
8. matoke, n. View full entry 1959
...In Uganda: the flesh of bananas or plantains, mashed and used as food; bananas or plantains collectively....
9. pito, n. View full entry 1670
...A West African beer made from fermented maize or rice; maize beer....
10. pombe, n. View full entry 1625
...In Central and East Africa: a fermented alcoholic drink made from many kinds of grain and some fruits; beer (made locally rather than bottled)....
11. posho, n.1 View full entry a1873
...Daily rations given to soldiers, sailors, labourers, porters on safari, etc....
12. sadza, n. View full entry 1899
...In Zimbabwe and southern Africa: a porridge made of ground maize, millet, or sorghum....
13. skokiaan, n. View full entry 1926
...An intoxicating home-brewed liquor fermented with yeast. Also attrib....
14. sufuria, n. View full entry 1926
...In eastern Africa: a large metal cooking-pot....
15. tembo, n. View full entry 1860
...An alcoholic drink made in East Africa, usu. from the sap of the coconut palm; palm wine....
16. tombo, n. View full entry a1712
...General African W. Coast name of the fruit of the wine palm, Raphia vinifera; also, a native palm wine obtained from it....
17. ugali, n. View full entry 1970
...A type of maize porridge eaten in east and central Africa. Also attrib....
18. waragi, n. View full entry 1916
...In Uganda, a potent alcoholic drink made from bananas or cassava....
19. Wolof, n. and adj. View full entry 1745
...(A member of) an African people of Senegal and the Gambia....
20. zombie, n. View full entry 1819
...In the West Indies and southern states of America, a soulless corpse said to have been revived by witchcraft; formerly, the name of a snake-deity in voodoo cults of or deriving from...
