fonio

Noun

Meaning

Digitaria exilis, a cereal cultivated in western Africa; white fonio
Synonym: hungry rice

Digitaria iburua, a cereal cultivated in western Africa, black fonio

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In West Africa, one finds sorghum, founi, black fonio (Digitaria iburua), and finger millet (Eleusine coracana), a cereal of Nigeria (also cultivated in India) made into couscous. Source: Internet

The Hausa of central Nigeria and the Lambas of Togo call this couscous made with black fonio, wusu-wusu. Source: Internet

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