take a bushel of bambara bean harvested in northeastern nigeria, send it through a traditional stone-milling process, and what do you get? fine bambara nut flour!
bambara beans/nuts are not a nut but a legume. this crop is mostly grown by women on a small
scale and traditionally milled into fine flour called bambara flour. it is highly nutritious and used to make a steamed pudding meal locally known as ‘okpa’ (usually cooked like moi-moi). okpa is a full meal on its own and can be eaten with pap (akamu/ogi/koko/tom brown) or stew.