The History of Jollof Rice | A RONU PIECE
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- In this short story about Jollof rice, we discuss the origins and history of the most famous dish in west Africa; Jollof Rice and we try to find out where it originally came from, Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia, Senegal or any other west African nation. And whilst we're at it, we also learn how to prepare jollof rice.
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Senegambia invented jollof rice. And I’m wollof myself
Jollof rice is from SenegalGambia 🇸🇳 🇬🇲 that's the fact.
The kingdom of jollof was in part of present day senegal and present day gambia. There was no country called senegal or gambia at the time. There were Kingdoms.
@@marni12196 what"s the difference between senegal and the Gambia? it's Same country colonize but 2 different European country
It is not a fact. You Sub-Saharans need more education and historians about your own culinary history. Majority of what Sub-Saharans gloat as traditional is from the ‘Columbian exchange’ (starting from the late 15th century) - tòmátì 🍅 peppers 🌶️ ata tàtàṣé 🫑 àgbàdo/ìjẹ́rẹ́ 🌽 are all from the Americas. Other ingredients and jewellery got introduced from trade between West Africa and Arabia via the Maghreb (i.e. North Africa) e.g. 🧅 àlùbọ́sà (🇮🇶 ) 🧄 ayù (🇵🇹 alho) ìlẹ̀kẹ̀ iyùn (المرجان الأحمر), ẹ̀lú (النيلة).
🇸🇳 Thiébou (i.e. Jollof) DOES NOT originate from Senegal or from the Gambia or from the Wolof ppl. Making a rice one-pot dish of various vegetables and spices is not an invention of one people. In S. and Ctr. Asia it is called पुलाव (pulao) {🇰🇪 pilau 🇺🇸pilaf 🇰🇿 палау 🇷🇺 плов}.
Native African rice (i.e. Oryza glaberrima) is home to the banks of the Niger River (🇳🇬 odò Ọya, Kwara 🇲🇱 Joliba). Many of the ethnic nations adjacent to the river historically formed their own one-pot dish with rice. The reason it is called Jollof is because Senegal was the first stop by the Portuguese that mistakenly used the name to refer to any and all W. African one-pot rice dish. Thanks to Dinis Dias, West Africans have been fighting a nonsensical Jollof war. Make your rice one-pot however you wish. Senegalese are not the owners nor authority. Their style of the one-pot is unrelated to Ghana, to Nigeria and to Mauritania.
In 1444, Dinis Dias of Portugal first reached Senegal and saw their one-pot dish called ceebu jën (thiéboudiène) before the introduction of tomatoes and Capsicum peppers. This was before the Columbian exchange that followed decades later in the late 15th century (i.e. 1492 to be exact). All of W. Africa was summed up by Europeans as Negroland (N.) and Guinea (S.) - Guinea from the Portuguese word “Guineus” which comes from the Berber word “Ghinawen” meaning darky.
All this to say, JOLLOF rice wars is not and should not be a thing or misunderstood but the misnaming of Europeans who also misnamed the Caribbeans as the West Indies in search of India. All of W. Africa from the Yorùbás and Igbos to the Bambaras and Foulanis (les Peuls) to the Wolof people are ALL drop dead gorgeous and should only approach these so-called feuds (yet ever so healthy competitions) with fun and lots of sex. I am a Chinese man who finds W. Africans, especially the Peuls of Bamako and Yorùbás of SW Nigeria divinely gorgeous. We say 「傾國傾城」 😍
The way I see it, all west African states should be united under one republic named the JOLLOF Republic. That way we can all claim we invented it.
That is actually a really good idea
Hahaha love it 😀 😄
Waaww
The guy is just busy talking talking jollof, jollof. He forgot pounder yams
Gbam!!!!!
Accurate. Jollof ppl are modern day Senegalese/Gambian ppl 🇸🇳🇬🇲
@@marni12196 when gambia and Senegal were one country....... do your history
@@marni12196 you are not from Senegal period..and you know nothing about Gambia and Senegal...so stop running your mouth in here, you don't know about our history almost half of the people in Gambia and Senegal are blood related i mean the original people of the region..so chill
@@abdulkadir2233 Half People ?
@@freegalsen5556Yes more than half. Gambia is almost surrounded by Senegal. The little part that's not surrounded is water, the Atlantic ocean. The white people divided us and British took Gambia because of the water/ Atlantic ocean, but it was one country in the older days. This is coming from a Gambian woman whose both grandmothers are from the Jollof empire in Senegal... I speak fluent Wolof even though I live abroad. We don't call the dish Jollof rice but cheb and benachin because we don't need to remind each other that it's our food because we know. Africans need to learn each others history. It's very important
@@mrsj6114 1. Senegal was never country before colonisation we do not belong to one kingdom and do not have 1 tradition .
2.Jollof Rice is from Ndar @Saint LouiS
I am Ghanaian and have always known Jollof rice was originally from Senegal. We don't use fish though. We use chicken, meat as well as vegetables. Thanks for the great history lesson which probably also explains some of the similarities in ccclothes eyc. ❤️❤️❤️❤️😊
It's the pretty sister with the natural hair for me😍
It is for me too 😊😄
I loved this video, please continue this series. Your whole channel has been so appreciated in my household . Thank you ♥️✨
Thank yoooouuuuu Sylvie 🤗🤗
This is so enlightening, thank you. I like how you linked history with this.
Thanks 😊
Great video as always! One of the most underrated channels on this app
This so well researched
Once again, you hv blown my mind. Bless up bredda
Great video, seamless lifestyle & history
I love this
6:16 That's it! I was waiting for the end of the video to write exactly that: the usage of imported asian rice has to do with French colonization. French needed peanuts supplies for their oil and soap industries and asked the Senegalese farmers to abadon traditional products used to feed the population and focus on peanuts. To avoid the risk of starvation in Senegal, France imported the rice from their colonies in Asia (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodgia, a part of China). That's how rice was (re)introduced to the Senegambian region in the 19th century. The famous thieboudieune came along, and the rest (I mean Jollof Rice :-)) is history!
Very informative!
I liked it💕💕
Mind blowned
Please more like this my guy.
We're going to try 👌🏿
I believe local rice in Nigeria is more expensive now. You're doing a great job.
Very informative.
The references make this video, interesting and fun
This was very interesting! keep it up 🔥
Ooh looks delicious 😋💕
Great👍
Nice episode.
Finally the truth is out. We the wollof people invented jollof rice 😁😁😁😁 thank you!!
Definitely do more series like this👍. It was usually more of a Yoruba dish because let's face it Yoruba people do the most party in Nigeria and were always cooking it especially in Lagos.
Good point, this may very well be the reason
Excellent point. It was also the Yoruba's here in the UK who made the dish popular, and I'm sure that goes to the Nigerians in the States. We make everything that was and had been frowned upon pretty much popular and in style
The Mali Empire transporting that Wolof dish to the rest of West Africa makes sense. Mande people transported as slaves to the USA to grow rice made similar dishes like jambalaya and Hopping John.
@@marni12196The Mali Empire existed from the 13th to the 17th centuries. Before the Mali Empire there was the Ghana Empire.
@@marni12196 What you don't understand and you clearly don't is that the whole area from Senegal down to Liberia is called the "Rice Coast" and African American ancestors from that region brought rice growing techniques and rice dishes with them to the USA. The Mande people from Mali invaded modern day Sierra Leone as part of the Mane invasion and the Mende (who are Mande) were later enslaved en masse and taken to Bunce Island and shipped mostly to South Carolina and Georgia in the USA. It was those people that brought similar dishes to Jollof rice to the USA. Which is what I originally stated. If you are going to be a contrarian then at least bother to learn the history of the region and how and why other people gained knowledge of the dish.
@@marni12196 Senegal is a colonial creation. The dish was already in existence long before there was ever a place called Senegal. The dish itself is credited to the Kingdom Djolof/Jolof/Wolof in modern day Senegal, rather to all Senegalese people. Anyway Djolof/Jolof/Wolof was at one time a vassal state to the Empire of Mali, before Djolof/Jolof/Wolof gained its own independence. So that is the connection that the dish has to Mande people, which is also how it got to the USA. There were also Wolof slaves brought to the USA that brought that dish so the point is that it was a universally known dish along the rice coast.
@@marni12196 I confirmed that it is a dish of the Wolof tribe. It is not a dish created by the whole country of Senegal because there was no such place called Senegal when the dish was created. Therefore the Serer, Fula and other people of what is now Senegal are not the creators. Moreover at one point as stated they were all part of the Mali Empire.
@@marni12196 The name of the dish is Jollof Rice. The dish is not called Senegal Rice. So the dish is from the Jollof tribe. The Jollof also live in Gambia, but you are not giving Gambia any credit because those are Mandigos.
Definitely going to share this today. 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
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My favorite food is jollof rice
This dish reminds me of Jambalaya. It's said our ancestors brought it with them.
Yupp along with okra, yams, watermelon, black eyed peas, etc.
Arroz con gandules that is prepared in Puerto Rico & the DR is also influenced by jollof rice.
Other way around, jollof was inspired by Mexican rice. Tomatoes just reached Africa in the 19th century.
Nice one!
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Mmm....cheese on salad, well....the person who was making the salad is Oyingbo so I guess that's why. In the late 70's when you did parties in Nigeria they hire Senegalese women to cook Jollof rice so I knew back then there was a link. However growing up in the UK Jollof rice was always present in parties. I love Jollof and have my own way of making it just like everyone does. Love the history part of the video at the beginning. I will be looking out for the video where you actually make the Jolof rice🤣
I would love to try that local native rice there are a couple of African grocery stores here.
Excellent
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@@KoolKumasi brother Kool... you know about Ronu??
Great! Very helpful. Looks like one of the best recipes I've seen. Can you give the written recipe?
It’s interesting that no one seems to mention the similarities of jollof rice and Spanish rice. They have the same base ingredients. And that tomatoes and chilies came from Indigenous communities in Mexico and South America.
Came here to say this. This is "Mexican" rice. As tomatoes are indigenous to America, same with yam, corn, and more. The tomato was brought around the 19th century.
damn you've changed?! great video!! also Amala is the Yoruba dish btw
Party jollof. Let the smoke kill. Something will kill a man. But if you go party, dem miss you with the jollof. To kill the waiters go dey hungry person. Shout out Senegal 🇸🇳 or Mali 🇲🇱 for the jollof link up. Ronu no vex. Your sis, would “Adeola” like to roll with a geezer.
I like your acsent you are very talented i am 12 years old 🇳🇬 nigerian
We must eat smoke jellof rice o! No matter what 😂😂😂😂😂
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Ronu! Is that you blad! The cap and shades though, had to look at the channel to realize it’s you. That look has its own vibe. It was like part of the brand that is Ronu. Am up for mixing though but don’t scrap the look sir. Good work all round still.
The authentic jolof senegal
In Nigeria we also eat our local rice
I disagree with your Last statement, you only see it that way because you are from that part and have only the knowledge from that part, ask friends... Nice video I enjoyed it 😊
Thank you for this...love how you respectfully disagreed and you may very well be right. Would be a good topic to debate don't you think? 😊
@@ronuspirit Yes I think 😊😊
Senegal Jollof Rice
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Everyone else
Go to senegal
Benachin = The original Jallof Rice. It started in ancient Senegal under Malian rule by the Wolof. We Malians call it Zaame'.
And the debate continues 😅👏
Jolof rice have nothing with Malian ok,100/100 Sénégalaise
@@kababacar9908 - It was invented by the Wolof people. But at that time, "Senegal" was known as the Gaasa region of the Malian empire. They invented it. We call it zaame. I never said we invented benachin. But it WAS invented in Mali. That was my point.
@@marni12196 - Mali and the "Malian Empire" were the same thing, though it was called Manden at the time I was referring to. And yes, Senegal was under the rule of Manden, as your kings were beholden to the Malinke' Mansas who ruled the empire. Our people were countrymen, not enemies.
@@marni12196 - Of course they are two different things. One was in the past (ruled by Malinke'), and one is now (ruled by Malinke'). But the one in the past did encompass Senegal. That is my ONLY point. Not anything about "as we know it today". ONLY THE PAST.
Jollof rice originated from Gambia and Senegal.
I know it will sound weird for you but Yorubas are heavily mixed with fulanis too and most Nigerians that you find in Senegal are most of the time either yoruba or Haussa.
Everyone in Nigeria eats Jollof rice, just one tribe that always talks about it and feels the need to dominate and claim even a food they didn't invent.
U have mouth too to talk
What the hell is cheese doing on jollof, you don go kill good dish with this 😂😩
It was quite adventurous.. probably wouldn't recommend it to anyone else.
@@ronuspirit 😂😂
@@ronuspirit If you come to Senegal I'll show you the version of Jollof with cheese. It's really good, but we only use cheese with the meat and chiken vesion not the fish one ( makes sense I guess).
Gambia should be a region in senegal
Why?
It use to be before coloni
Where is your glasses and what's up with your accent
“….technology, diseases and so on” 😂
Palm oil is actually healthier
The name speaks for itself. "Jollof rice" where do you found the original Jollof people? In Senegal ofcourse, and some Jollof people later moved to Gambia and Mauritania. End off! Period!
Jolof/ wolof are the same it's Senegalese and gambian language
I want to know who asked you to add cheese to Jollof . that is a crime
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🤣🤣🤣 I know right... was thinking he would get publicly embarrassed for this lol
Everything now yoruba