The samples of jollof rice at the festival in Washington, D.C., were prepared by chefs from the D.C. metro area hailing from six countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia and — for the first time since the competition began in 2017 — the United States. Claire Harbage/NPR
Claire Harbage/NPR
It’s a heated historic rivalry across West Africa: Which country makes the best jollof rice?
Cooks across both Nigeria and Ghana have long claimed to
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