This rice dish is actually thenational dish of Nigeria. It’s one of the most well-known Nigerian dishes, and it’s often the first food that foreigners associate with Nigerian cuisine. Jollof riceis made from a base of rice, tomato, and broth that’s cooked down with bell peppers, haba...
This explains the reason why misguided Caucasian historians and untutored African/ Nigerian historians “assumed” he was “direct son” of Oduduwa. It is the same way many outside and inside Yorubaland refer to some eminent political leaders in Yorubaland today as “omo Awolowo.” But Awolowo ...
Chah KF, Eze CA, Emuelosi CE, Esimone CO: Antibacterial and wound healing properties of methanolic extracts of some Nigerian medicinal plants. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2006, 104: 164-167. 10.1016/j.jep.2005.08.070 Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Ayyanar M, Ignacimuthu S: Traditional ...
The leaves are sometimes eaten as a vegetable, usually after boiling and then mixed with other foods such as cereal flour. They're also used to wrap moimoi, a Nigerian steamed bean pudding. The seeds are commonly used as animal feed for livestock and poultry, and the young flower buds are...
Antiviral properties of two Nigerian plants. Afr. J. Plant Sci. 2009, 3, 157–159. [Google Scholar] Petrera, E.; Nittolo, A.G.; Alche, L.E. Antiviral action of synthetic stigmasterol derivatives on herpes simplex virus replication in nervous cells in vitro. BioMed Res. Int. 2014, ...