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| | Cuisine of Africa - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article |
 | | Around 1000 years ago, the Arabs settled in the coastal areas of East Africa, and Arabic influences are especially reflected in the Swahili cuisine of the coast – steamed cooked rice with spices in Persian style, use of saffron, cloves, cinnamons and several other spices, and pomegranate juice. |
 | | From their colonies in the New World, Portuguese also brought exotic items like chiles, peppers, maize, tomatoes, pineapple, bananas, and the domestic pig –; now, all these are part of East African and the African food. |
 | | Over several centuries - traders, travelers, invaders, migrants and immigrants - all have influenced the cuisine of North Africa. |
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