Jollof Rice is a staple West African dish. Jollof’s origins can be traced to Senegal’s ancient Wolof empire and medieval state in the 1300s, where it first
surfaced as a dish called thiéboudienne. As the Wolof empire grew and dispersed along the West African coast and region,
so did the recipe, which was named after one of the biggest Wolof states, Jollof. The rising popularity of rice
(introduced into the region from Asia but now grown locally) led to the spread and adaptation of the recipe. As new
cultural enclaves emerged across the West African region, so did different Jollof interpretations, with recipes that
continued to evolve into what it is now.
Today, every West African country has some variation of the dish. but we have narrowed it down to two key regions where the war for the title of the best is fierce - Nigeria and Ghana.
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