Fonio is an African heritage grain — or ancient grain — that’s considered the continent’s oldest cultivated cereal (1). Native to West Africa, it’s a staple most commonly enjoyed in the mountainous ...
Who’s on the fonio? Me, calling for a break from quinoa. A member of the millet family, fonio fits into two main categories: Digitaria ibura (known as black fonio, which grows in Nigeria, Togo and ...
In 1997, Plateau State made me eat a grain I had not eaten before as a meal at the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp and I am ready to press charges. That ...