Traditional folklore says that when a man in Cameroon is looking for a wife, he will select a woman from the region that ­specialises in his favourite dish. A well-known dish of the Basa people of the ...

During the holidays in Cameroon, it is all about the spice. And the mysterious black spice in question is mbongo. “I don’t even know how to pronounce it in English, or tell you what it is made of, but ...