Zakudya za ku Afrika, ngakhale zosiyana kwambiri m'madera osiyanasiyana a ku continent, zimakhala ndi zamasamba zowonjezera (monga cassava ndi yams), zipatso zosapsa (monga nthochi ndi plantains), ndipo makamaka chofunika kwambiri, zimayambira.
Zokolola zimabwera kuchokera ku mbewu monga udzu, teff, manyuchi komanso tirigu. Izi zimapanga chakudya chodziwika bwino cha sub-Saharan Africa monga pap, sadza, nshima kapena ugali, pakati pa mayina ena.
Chimanga
Chiwerengero chofala kwambiri cha Africa chimadziwika kuti chimanga, chomwe chimatchedwa chimanga. Njira yowonjezera yophika ndi kuiwotcha ili ngati phala, komwe imapangidwa ngati chakudya chofewa komanso chokoma, kapenanso chakudya chophwima cha chimanga, chomwe chimagwirizanitsa ndi fufu yotentha kwambiri, koma osati monga gelatinous ndi zomangira.
Ndizosangalatsa kufotokozera, komabe, kuti chimanga si chovuta kwambiri kukula mu Africa, koma sizinso zachikhalidwe ku dzikoli. Ndizochuma chachuma choyamba chophunzitsidwa ndi Chipwitikizi, ndipo malinga ndi Chozizwitsa (1965), ngakhale chiri chovuta ngati chinayambika m'zaka za zana la 16 kapena kuti kale chinali mbewu yolima ku Africa, amavomereza kuti sizinali zazikulu tirigu panthaŵiyo.
Millet
Mbewu isanayambe kupezeka ku sub Saharan Africa, mapira anali tirigu omwe ankadya kwambiri ku Africa. Ndipotu, zaka makumi asanu zapitazo, akadalibe mbewu yabwino.
Millet, makamaka mapira a ngale, akuti imachokera ku Africa isanayambe kutumizidwa ku Asia. Ndipotu, malinga ndi bungwe la National Research Council, tawonetseratu kuti mapale a ngale anagulitsidwa zaka zoposa 4,000 zapitazo ku West Africa. Mitundu ina ya mapira imaphatikizapo fonio ndi mapira (finger rapoko).
Millet ili ndi thanzi labwino ndipo imapereka ndalama zambiri ku chakudya cha Afrika kusiyana ndi chimanga, komabe, chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa kafukufuku wa sayansi ndi malingaliro polima chimanga, kugwiritsa ntchito mapira monga chiwerengero chachikulu choposa chimanga. Izi ndi zomvetsa chisoni chifukwa chakuti mbewuyo imakhala yosagonjetsedwa ndi chilala, imafuna kuchepa kochepa kusiyana ndi chimanga ndipo ndi njira yabwino yoperekera chakudya.
Imani
Nkhumba ndi mbewu zomwe zimagwirizanitsidwa ndi mayiko a Horn Africa, Ethiopia ndi Eritrea. Iwo amadziwika kwambiri pakupanga injera, chophimba cha ku Ethiopia chomwe chimayenda bwino ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya stews yotchedwa wots . Mtedza wa teff umathiridwa pansi ndipo umaphimbidwa kwa masiku angapo mpaka utapsa. Kuchetsa uku kumalimbikitsa teff ndikuwonjezera kuunika ndi mawonekedwe achilengedwe chotupitsa ku mkate, zomwe zimachititsa kuti injera yowoneka bwino. Masiku ano teff ikupezeka kunja kwa dziko lakwawo, Ethiopia, ndipo ikupezeka msika wa chakudya wopanda gluten.
Mitengo
Nthaŵi zina manyuchi amagwiritsidwa ntchito mofanana ngati mapira, komabe, ndi mbewu zosiyana. Ndilofala m'mayiko ngati Botswana ndipo amagwiritsidwa ntchito kupanga pap kapena sadza, odziwika ku Botswana monga bogobe.
Zikhoza kuthirizidwa ndipo zimapangidwa phala wowawasa wotchedwa ting.
Tirigu
Tirigu ndi tirigu amagulitsa ku North Africa ndi mbali zina za Kumadzulo ndi Horn ya Africa. Chizoloŵezi chofala kwambiri ichi ndi msuwani.
> Zosowa
> Chozizwitsa, MP, 1965, Kuyamba ndi Kufalikira kwa Mlimi ku Africa. The Journal of African History. 6 (1), 39-55.
> National Research Council. Mbewu Zowonongeka za Africa: Buku I: Zipatso. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1996.