I-Fufu (kuhlanganise negama le-foofoo variant, foufou, fufufuo) iwukudla okuyisisekelo emazweni amaningi ase-Afrika naseCaribbean.Ngokuvamile yenziwa ngempushana yomdumbula futhi ingathathelwa indawo ufulawa omahhadla noma ufulawa wommbila.Kungenziwa futhi ngokubilisa izitshalo zokudla ezinesitashi ezifana nobhatata noma ubhanana ophekiwe bese ugaywa ube inhlama efana nokungaguquguquki.
Umdumbula wethulwa eBrazil e-Afrika ngosomabhizinisi abangamaPutukezi ngekhulu le-16.EGhana, ngaphambi kokuba kwethulwe umdumbula, ifufu yayisebenzisa i-yam.Kwezinye izimo, kwenziwa ngamabhanana aphekiwe.E-Nigeria nase-Cameroon, i-fufu imhlophe futhi inamathele (isb. ukhova awuxutshwa nomdumbula uma uthintekile).Indlela evamile yokudla i-fufu iwukusunduza ucezu lwe-fufu ebholeni ngeminwe yesandla sokudla somuntu, bese ulucwilisa esobhoni bese uligwinya.
UFufu empeleni udabuka eqenjini lesizwe lase-Asante eGhana, elatholwa futhi lashintshwa abokufika abavela eNigeria, Togo naseC ô te d'Ivoire.INigeria iyibiza ngokuthi fufufuo, enezincazelo ezimbili: eyodwa “imhlophe”, ebizwa ngokuthi i-fufuo ngalolu limi lwezizwe, kanti enye iwukuthi indlela yokukhiqiza (i-tamping) ibizwa ngokuthi i-Fu Fu.Lona umsuka wegama elithi fufu.
IFUFU ingenye yezindlela zokudla ezijwayelekile e-Afrika futhi ithandwa kakhulu ngabantu bendawo.Ngokuvamile kwenziwa ngesandla, futhi nakuba kubonakala kulula ukupheka, kuwukuhlolwa kwamakhono okukhiqiza umpheki, futhi ubuchwepheshe bokupheka ngokuvamile bunquma ngokuqondile izinga layo elimnandi.I-COOR ixhumane ngokugcwele namakhasimende ase-Afrika, yahlanganisa izidingo zamakhasimende nemikhuba yabathengi base-Afrika, futhi yaklama umshini wokupheka weFUFU ohlakaniphe ngokugcwele.
Ngophenyo olunzulu lwasemuva kanye nocwaningo lwabasebenzisi, i-COOR yakhipha izinyathelo zokupheka ze-FUFU zendabuko zase-Afrika, futhi yazithuthukisa ngomklamo ohlakaniphile, icabangela imininingwane yokuklama nokusebenza okungokoqobo komkhiqizo ngokombono womsebenzisi, futhi ekugcineni yaklama lo mshini we-FUFU.
Ukuma okuchachambile, imigqa ethambile nemibala elula yizici zalo mshini weFUFU.Imigqa ethambile nenobungane, enokuthinta okufudumele nokuyindilinga, iqhathaniseka nokumnyama nokusiliva okuncane, okwenza yonke idizayini ibe nosawoti kanye nobumnandi, okulethela abasebenzisi injabulo engapheli lapho bepheka.Abasebenzisi badinga kuphela ukuthulula izithako ezilungiselelwe namanzi emshinini, bamise imingcele, bese bengathola iFUFU emnandi.Ikhulula ngokuphelele izandla zabasebenzisi, ithuthukise ngempumelelo ikhwalithi yempilo yabathengi base-Afrika, futhi inikeza abasebenzisi ulwazi lokupheka oluhlakaniphe kakhulu, lobuchwepheshe futhi olulula.
