African Greens
Zomera zamasamba zobiriwira zimapezeka paliponse ndi chakudya chilichonse cha ku Africa cha ku Sahara. Iwo amadziwika kuti muliwo mu Zimbabwe, morogo ku Botswana ndi sukuma wiki ku Kenya. Nthaŵi zambiri zimatchedwa zamasamba zaku Afrika m'misika yam'deralo kapena m'misewu ya pamsewu, masambawa nthawi zambiri amatulutsidwa ngati "gulu laling'ono" kapena chakudya champhawi. Komabe nyengo izi zimakula kwambiri ndipo amadziwika pang'onopang'ono monga mfumu ya masamba ndi gwero la chitetezo cha chakudya.
Ngati mutayang'ana pafupi, mudzapeza zina mwazogwiritsidwa ntchito pa mankhwala awo.
Maluwa a ku Africa ndi amtundu wosiyanasiyana ndipo amachokera ku machitidwe osiyanasiyana a ufumuwo. Anthu ambiri amawatcha iwo ngati masamba kapena makola, koma ena mwa iwo ali kutali ndi izi. Mwina ndi chifukwa cha kusowa kwa mayina a Chingerezi, koma masambawa amapezeka mosavuta m'zinenero zakomweko. Maluwa monga mtendere, covo, kugwiririra, choumoellier kapena chomolia ndi masamba a mpiru a ku Ethiopia ndi mayina omwe amadziwika ku Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe ndi Tanzania. Kafufuzidwe kameneka kachitidwa kamakhudzana ndi masamba a kabichi, komabe amapereka masamba omwe ali obiriwira kusiyana ndi muyezo kabichi.
Mavitambo ena amachokera ku masamba kapena zitsamba zachilengedwe ndipo amatha kutchedwa "sipinachi" ku maiko ena. Chitsanzo ndi cha amaranth banja lomwe nthawi zambiri limalakwitsa ngati namsongole.
Amadziwika kuti mchicha ku Tanzania, mowa ku Zimbabwe, umphawi ku South Africa, ku Zambia ndi Malawi, efo tete ku Nigeria ndi alefu ku Ghana. Ndimakumbukira kuyambira zaka zanga ndikukula ku Botswana, pamene tinkayenda madzulo, amayi anga ankakonda kusangalala ndi kuwona "namsongole" wobiriwira kapena alefu kuti azisonkhanitsa ndi kuphika momwe angakonzekere sipinachi.
Ananena momveka bwino kuti ndizobiriwira zokha zomwe zinkayenera kudyedwa ngati panali mitundu yofiira ndi masamba akuluakulu omwe sanadye.
Mbalame yamaluwa amadziwika ngati nyevhe kapena runi ku Zimbabwe, mgagani ku Tanzania ndi musambe mu chiPutukezi akulankhula Angola. Ndinawapeza dzina loyamba pamene ndinaphunzira mankhwala a zitsamba za mankhwala kapena "chakudya chonse" ku supermarket ku Zimbabwe. Ndinawona paketi ya masamba owuma akangaude. Pambuyo pa sabata ija, apongozi anga anandionetsa mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya masamba yomwe inamera kumbuyo kwake, ndipo idatanthawuzira zomera za maluwa a kangaude 5 mpaka 7 monga nyevhe kapena runi. Zophikidwa ndi kudyedwa ngati masamba okondweretsa, koma amadziwikanso kuti amagwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ndi ayurvedic katundu.
Buluu okra kapena jute mallows ndi tsamba lakuda ndi lokoma lomwe limapereka msuzi wochepa kwambiri wofanana ndi wa okra. Izi zimadziwika kuti Delele ku Zambia ndi Botswana, murere ku Kenya, kudutsa ku Zimbabwe ndi molokhia ku Egypt komanso m'mayiko ena a ku North Africa.
Mitengo ina imachokera ku masamba a mizu monga monga cassava, mbatata ndi cocoyam. Ndipotu masamba a cocoyam kapena taro amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri kumadzulo kwa Africa. Ku Ghana, amagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga msuzi.
M'mayiko a ku Francophone, tsamba la cocoyam tsamba limatchedwa masamba a msuzi.
Masamba ena otchuka omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi masamba a dzungu, masamba a mapira ndi a biringanya za Africa.
Tsitsani buku ili kuti mudziwe zambiri.