Some Ghanaian Dishes

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Following from our lesson on Foods (Nnuane), the present lesson lists a number of Ghanaian dishes that you’re likely going to try if you visit the motherland.


tuo zaafi
kelewele
koko (porridge)
koose
banku
bayerɛ a yɛakye (fried yam)
fufuo ne nkrankra (fufu and light (pepper) soup)
jollof
nkyeweɛ ne nkateɛ (roasted maize and groundnut)
aburoo a yɛatoto (roasted maize)
gari ne adua (gari and beans)
waakye
dɔkono (kenkey)
(borɔdeɛ) ampesie
kɔkɔɔ a yɛatoto (roasted ripe plantain)
kɔkɔɔ a yɛakye (fried ripe plantain)
abomu
nkuruma nkwan (okro soup)
ɛtɔ
abɛnkwan (palmnut soup)
abeteɛ (kokonte) ne nkatenkwan (groundnut soup)
nkyenam (fried fish)
kyikyinga (khebab)
apapransa
hyetɔ (shito)
garifotɔ
akplɛ

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STEPHEN AWIBA, known by his students as YAW, is the founding editor of LEARNAKAN.COM and LEARNAKANDICTIONARY.COM. He was born and raised in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital of Ghana, where Akan (Asante Twi) is spoken as the first language. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Linguistics and Theatre Arts from the University of Ghana and an MPhil in English Linguistics and Language Acquisition from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

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