i💡 How did jollof rice become jollof rice? In the 1800s, the Wolof people of Senegal created this tomato based rice that has become a staple on every West African table. Every single African ...

In fact, the debate over who makes the best jollof rice is so prevalent that when I first moved to Los Angeles back in 2022, I attended an annual event called "Jollof Wars" where chefs from the ...

I grew up eating jollof rice, and spent this summer checking out what local chefs are doing with the iconic West African dish.

Jollof rice is a bold and flavorful dish that celebrates the rich traditions of West African cuisine.

Jollof rice is a celebratory dish in West Africa and these restaurants offer a delicious taste of Nigeria, Ghana and Liberia in metro Phoenix.

However you make it, this West African dish of rice, tomatoes, lots of peppers and lots of spice is an excellent centerpiece for Sunday dinner.

As jollof rice enters U.S.' culinary scene, chefs talk appropriation, appreciation and why it's West Africa's so revered, debated dish.

In her fiction debut, Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories (Amistad, $27.99), Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi spins tales that illuminate the lives of three Nigerian friends ...

Angela Ajayi is a Minneapolis-based writer and critic. Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions By: Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi. Publisher: Amistad, 256 pages, $27.99.

The average price of preparing a pot of jollof rice jumped 8.3% to 9,311 nairas, or $22, in the second quarter of 2022, from 8,595 nairas in the first quarter.