🤬 The Origin of Jollof Rice - officially SOLVED (Trigger warning 🤣)

[@leobvenzen8565]

This is awesome KM. My favorite restaurant, Bklyn, NYC is Senegalese, Jollof. Your embracing an "Wholistic" view of Afrika is refreshing and inspiring! Asante sana 😊

[@AfriasporaFilms]

Now, that we know where, the question arises WHEN did Jollof rice originate? The presence of tomatoes, a distinctly American fruit used by the Mayans and Aztecs in ancient times, may indicate or even prove pre-Colombian trans-Atlantic trade between West Africans and Mesoamerican people. The traditional Western scholarship will be determined to make that date post 1492, but I would love to know the true date of Jollof rice’s origins.

[@kingmono]

Watch part 2!!!! You may have to search for it... I posted them at the same time...

[@kingmono]

Very astute. that's exactly where my research led me

[@og_4286]

​@The Kings Monologue, are you aware that you're "Shadow-banned" by youtube ? I love your channel brother.

[@AfriasporaFilms]

@@kingmono thanks! Will look for it.

[@AfriasporaFilms]

@@kingmono now, that’s what I’m talking about.

[@AntonsClass]

I've only had Nigerian Jollof, and it was nice. I really want to try Ghanaian and Senegalese Jollof too!

[@kingmono]

My jollof is pretty legendary...

[@nkeveo6967]

😊 I've been hearing the Jollof rice debate for years. I've tasted Senegalese & Nigerian versions. All I can say is Mmmm 😋 Mmmm! I will ask for both if it were my last meal. It's great to learn the history behind this delicious dish. Thanks.

[@layandfamily]

you should try Ghana jollof as well

[@nkeveo6967]

@@layandfamily I would love to. I've personally have not met anyone from Ghana here in the US, but my mother has been to Accra, Ghana, way back in the 70s. She enjoyed her brief stay there on her way to Nigeria.

[@layandfamily]

@@nkeveo6967 Well,is unfortunate we are far apart, but try and come to Ghana 🇬🇭 I will personally make you good jollof.

[@nkeveo6967]

@@layandfamily Well, thank you very much. 🙂 I wish I can come back to Africa & visit all the places I have roots in. Ghana is one of them. Peace & blessings to you.

[@lyn1.6]

Many west Africans from the rice producing areas were enslaved and brought to the Carolina islands specifically to grow rice.

[@thaliahall4599]

Glad u mentioned this. Unfortunately, the European enslavers were well aware that west Africans, especially those from Senegal-Gambia were very experienced with growing & cultivating rice. Many were taken to the southern US, especially the Mississippi Delta region. Unfortunately many of them died from diseases carried by mosquitoes & of course from abuse.😢

[@868freeman8]

I’ve never heard of there tried looking for it on google earth and nothing turned up

[@nippypinto]

Geeches

[@Whatuniverse]

They were workers not slaves.

[@Whatuniverse]

​@@thaliahall4599to work. Then it was war over america. We had our gumbo rice

[@mrmike5849]

Bravo! Tell the truth! Debate is over. It’s still a Bantu African dish so we can all lay claim and association to it 😂😂

[@kingmono]

Haha... I was recently challenged by a Yoruba who made very convincing claim that key ingredients (rice and tomatos) were first grown in the delta region... May be a part 3 on the way 🤣🤣🤣

[@weskerwillie9044]

I mean they literally have their name on it🤷🏿. Yeah we can't argue we that😪

[@kingmono]

It's a wrap! 🤣🤣

[@bigggerpimp]

In America we have red rice

[@SavageLushSkincare]

❤❤❤ and that’s where jambalaya Came from in New Orleans it makes perfect sense because it has the color the sauce especially when you make it homemade because you use tomato sauce it has herbs and spices so it definitely makes perfect sense wow can you maybe do a video on the gumbo

[@AltraTara]

Where can we get access to ancient maps that are reliable like yours brother please? I am amazed at the quality of your work from the research to the video productions

[@trese2658]

In America(in the south) we call this Jambalaya

[@fbawaterdragon4592]

Jollof rice certainly came from what we know today as Senegal. Senegal and Mali is also my favorite countries👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻!!!!! FBA all the way, everyday🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻!!!!! Yera💧.

[@penelopepitstop7748]

Sweet.. I remember when you spotted that ..😊

[@kingmono]

Yup!

[@user-vw6bk4pb4l]

Senegambia region for sure. But doesn't Jollof rice contain bell peppers and tomato as essential ingredients? To my knowledge, those are indigenous American crops and did not exist anywhere else in the world until the 15th/16th century Atlantic trade. Unless one can also make Jollof with spices, I know there are many variations.

[@DavidJohnson-dc8lu]

I will argue that it is Nigerian out of bias, nevertheless thanks for the education.

[@FerromagneticFerros-du2ng]

Jollof rice is similar to Spanish rice

[@user-nn5qw5mu4m]

So, what about nations like Benin where it was never called Jollof? Love how Benin was also skipped when placing pins on regions considered for as its origins.

[@kingmono]

Not deliberate! I definitely highlited Benin with the circles... it was purely an editing shortcut... forgive o!

[@kingmono]

What did Benin call it?

[@MrPhillip1964]

Oh boy. You want violence? 😂😂

[@kmtxzbd3234]

😅

[@Whatuniverse]

They giving Africa too much credit over rice dishes 😂

[@Eliysheva-de-Sion-7]

Rio Grande is not in Africa 😂

[@timothytaylor9835]

So Mexican and Puerto Rican rice is west African Rice

[@fetusbuddha3908]

"spanish food"

[@kervinaham7375]

Another BANGA, yep! follow the origins of food and ingredients, there lots of hidden history there, Europeans so called voyages of discovery was because of spices and food, since Europe was continent with little or no agricultural and exotic spices

[@nobika6762]

Ghana and Nigeria fighting ,

[@weskerwillie9044]

I like your arts

[@kervinaham7375]

Ghana and Nigeria fighting is an art to be studied

[@aao449]

I feel like having some jellof rice right now!😋😋😋. Thank you Senegambia for this amazing dish.

[@speed65752]

😁

[@LumaSloth]

Any Asian watching this: 💀

[@dablaccseaproductions5279]

Why?

[@thechronicler1453]

Hey Metatron! Can you please make a debunking video about the King’s Monologue? He is a KZbinr that has made videos from claiming Elizabeth I was actually a black woman to claiming paella is West African. The people that watch his channel believe him 100% and I find that worrying 😅. He also made a short video against something you said

[@fbalineage3648]

The tomato isn’t native to Afrika.

[@kingmono]

Watch part 2

[@nkeveo6967]

​@@kingmono I have a question about a vegetable I saw in home gardens in Nigeria which looks like a green tomato. I think they call it a garden egg (it was delicious). Anyway, is it related to the tomato?

[@kingmono]

@@nkeveo6967 maybe... my research alluded to the tomato existing in West Africa before trade with Europe... a yoruba lady confirmed the European name from tomato comes from yoruba name... still researching, may add a part 3

[@nkeveo6967]

@@kingmono Thanks. I caught up with pt. 2.

[@aao449]

@@nkeveo6967 - Garden egg or egg plant. In the Igbo language, we call it “afufa” or “añara”.

[@yolandazamani5776]

Am Ghanaian but jollof is originally from Senegal.