What kind of foods do they eat in Africa?

Question

What is African Cuisine? Do they have any signature foods and if so what are they?

Answer 1

If I counted right there is about 40 separate states or nations plus many islands

So as Ghost points out they eat what they have and the war torn survive by aid,,... Then do not forget that religion plays a big part..

Answer 2

well i live in Cameroon and here people eat foufou, couscous ,manioc(which is made to tapioca), plantains(another form of bananas), many greens(my tribe makes sanga and paum), peanuts, and much of the food is grown on farms at the houses

Answer 3

Couscous...the big thing :)

Kufta, Aseeda, and lots more. Depends on the region.

Answer 4

It's a big continent and it really varies depending on the region. North African food is similar to Middle East - dominated by wheat products (couscous), chickpeas and other beans, rice, lamb and chicken.

Equatorial and West Africa features fish, cassava, yams, rice, tomatoes, okra and peanuts. They have 'fufu', which are boiled dough balls made from cassava or yams - I forget which. They are served with fish stew or peanut stew.

East Africa (Ethiopia) - kinda similar to North African but more spicy and injera bread is the staple there.