Spices of Sub-Saharan Africa
Berbere and mitmita, grains of paradise, uziza, suya spice, Zanzibar cloves and Madagascar vanilla. 14 spices on EveryMasala so far.
Spice cities, markets and growing areas
Penja Valley 1Addis AbabaAntananarivoCape Town and the Bo-KaapDurbanKanoMombasaSambava and the SAVA regionStone TownZanzibar and Pemba
Blends of the region
Countries
馃嚘馃嚧 Angola 2馃嚙馃嚡 Benin馃嚙馃嚰 Botswana馃嚚馃嚥 Cameroon 4馃嚚馃嚮 Cape Verde 1馃嚢馃嚥 Comoros 2馃嚚馃嚛 Democratic Republic of the Congo馃嚛馃嚡 Djibouti馃嚜馃嚪 Eritrea 3馃嚜馃嚬 Ethiopia 9馃嚞馃嚘 Gabon馃嚞馃嚥 Gambia馃嚞馃嚟 Ghana 4馃嚞馃嚦 Guinea 2馃嚞馃嚰 Guinea-Bissau 1馃嚚馃嚠 Ivory Coast馃嚢馃嚜 Kenya 1馃嚤馃嚪 Liberia 2馃嚥馃嚞 Madagascar 5馃嚥馃嚰 Malawi 1馃嚥馃嚤 Mali馃嚥馃嚪 Mauritania馃嚥馃嚭 Mauritius馃嚥馃嚳 Mozambique 2馃嚦馃嚘 Namibia馃嚦馃嚜 Niger 3馃嚦馃嚞 Nigeria 12馃嚚馃嚞 Republic of the Congo馃嚪馃嚰 Rwanda馃嚫馃嚬 S茫o Tom茅 and Pr铆ncipe 1馃嚫馃嚦 Senegal 2馃嚫馃嚚 Seychelles 1馃嚫馃嚤 Sierra Leone 1馃嚫馃嚧 Somalia馃嚳馃嚘 South Africa 3馃嚬馃嚳 Tanzania 4馃嚬馃嚞 Togo馃嚭馃嚞 Uganda 2馃嚳馃嚥 Zambia 1馃嚳馃嚰 Zimbabwe 1
馃嚜馃嚬 EthiopiaMitmita釄氠尌釄氠專
A fiery Ethiopian spice blend of bird's eye chilies, cardamom, and cloves.Blend 路 Hot and fiery 路 Warm and sweet-spiced
馃嚜馃嚬 Ethiopia and 4 moreKorarima
The dried seeds of a wild ginger relative, essential to Ethiopian and Eritrean cooking.Seed 路 Warm and sweet-spiced 路 Citrus and bright
馃嚞馃嚰 Guinea-Bissau and 5 moreCalabash nutmeg
The dried seed of a West African tree, used as a local substitute for nutmeg.Warm and sweet-spiced 路 Sweet and mellow
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Mitmita: Caffe Vita, CC BY 2.0, source
- Korarima: Joe Castleman ( Gyrofrog ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Calabash nutmeg: Samuel Curtis and William Jackson Hooker, Public domain, source