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Afang Soup

Pronounced AH-fang soup

DishesWest Africa
A bowl of rich green afang soup with shredded afang leaves, palm oil, meat and seafood
DishesWest Africa

Afang soup is a rich vegetable soup from the Efik and Ibibio people of southern Nigeria, made with two greens: finely shredded afang (okazi) leaves, which give it its name, and softer waterleaf. It is cooked with palm oil, ground crayfish, pepper and a generous mix of meat, fish and seafood such as periwinkles, and eaten with a swallow such as fufu or eba.

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A bowl of rich green afang soup with shredded afang leaves, palm oil, meat and seafood
DishesWest Africa

Also known as

  • okazi soup
  • ukazi soup

How it is used

Served at family meals and celebrations, eaten with fufu or pounded yam.

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