"Both genders should know how to cook because neither feminism nor sexism will help you when you're hungry." Some years back I came home on holiday from school. As was customary at home, the house ...

In what is likely to throw Kenya and Tanzania into a diplomatic row, president Magufuli has blamed Kenya’s biting maize shortage on Kenyans’ gluttonous nature. Speaking from the Tanzanian Ikulu during ...

Ugali is the unsung hero of East African cuisine, a dish so essential it might as well have its own place in a hall of fame. Its recipe is an open secret, but mastering ugali's nuanced ways is no easy ...

Fufu is a West African staple made by pounding boiled starchy foods like cassava or plantains into a smooth paste. It is ...

An old Swahili proverb states, ‘Hata kiporo ni ugali’ – Even yesterday’s ugali, is still ugali”. While the legacy of John Pombe Magufuli might have been tainted by his Covid-19 denialism, there is ...

DAR ES SALAAM: It’s nearly midday at the bustling Tegeta bus terminal in Tanzania’s biggest city and Olivia Mbiku is busy preparing ugali - a popular maize meal - beef stew and vegetables for her ...

Pernille writes about “chakula” (food in Swahili) in Tanzania: “Rice, beans and ugali – after three months I've concluded that these are the most important Tanzanian food ingredients – and that it ...

DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It's nearly midday at the bustling Tegeta bus terminal in Tanzania's biggest city and Olivia Mbiku is busy preparing ugali - a popular maize meal - beef ...