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white yam, West African yam, Guinea yam, or white ñame, is a subspecies of yam native to Africa. It is one of the most important cultivated yams. Kokoro...

part of many traditional West African ceremonies. Yam powder is available in the West from grocers specializing in African products, and may be used...

domestication of field crops occurred throughout various locations in West Africa, such as yams (d. praehensilis) in the Niger River basin between eastern Ghana...

as the air potato, air yam, bitter yam, cheeky yam, potato yam, aerial yam, and parsnip yam) is a species of true yam in the yam family, Dioscoreaceae...

festival (literally "new-yam eating") is practiced throughout West Africa (especially in Nigeria and Ghana) and other African countries and beyond. It...

of yam used for pounding yam is the African yam which is common in Africa and some parts of Asia. It is also known as puna yam, true yam or white yam. The...

837,000 hectares under yam cultivation. Yam is in the class of roots and tubers that is a staple of the Nigerian and West African diet, which provides some...

Dioscorea cayenensis is a species of yam in the genus Dioscorea that is a widely consumed West African domesticated crop. Dioscorea rotundata is sometimes...

West African cuisine encompasses a diverse range of foods that are split between its 16 countries. In West Africa, many families grow and raise their...

Yam is a staple food in West Africa and other regions classified as a tuber crop and it is an annual or perennial crop. The New Yam festival is celebrated...

also known as the bitter yam, cluster yam, trifoliate yam, or three-leaved yam, is a species of flowering plant in the yam family, Dioscorea. It is native...

In the Exodus narrative, Yam Suph (Hebrew: יַם-סוּף, romanized: Yam-Sūp̄, lit. 'Reed Sea') or Red Sea, sometimes translated as Sea of Reeds, is the body...

in the subsequent expansion of the West African forest. West African hunter-gatherers occupied western Central Africa (e.g., Shum Laka) earlier than 32...

and is an important source of carbohydrate, especially in the yam zone of West Africa. Àmàlà láfún is made from cassava flour. Dried cassava flour is...

prehistory of West Africa spans from the earliest human presence in the region until the emergence of the Iron Age in West Africa. West African populations...

of West Africa is composed of West African populations that were considerably mobile and interacted with one another throughout the history of West Africa...

food items from the hundreds of Native African ethnic groups that comprises Nigeria. Like other West African cuisines, it uses spices and herbs with...

boiled cassava, plantains, and cocoyam, yams (Ghana), it is also made in different ways in other West African countries. In Ghana, Ivory Coast and Liberia...

staple swallow from Togo and Benin, also eaten in the West African sub-region and other African countries. The term èbà originates from Yoruba. It is...

West African mythology is the body of myths of the people of West Africa. It consists of tales of various deities, beings, legendary creatures, heroes...