Fufu (kusanganisira zita rekuti foofoo variant, foufou, fufufuo) ndicho chikafu chenyika dzakawanda muAfrica neCaribbean.Kazhinji inogadzirwa kubva pahupfu yemufarinya uye inogonawo kutsiviwa nehupfu hwakakasharara kana hupfu hwechibage.Inogonawo kugadzirwa nekubikisa mbesa dzine sitachi dzakaita sembatatisi kana mabhanana akabikwa uye woakanya kuita mukanyiwa unofanana.
Mufarinya wakaunzwa muBrazil muAfrica navanamuzvinabhizimisi vechiPutukezi muzana remakore rechi16.MuGhana, mufarinya usati wasumwa, fufu yaishandisa mbambaira.Mune zvimwe zviitiko, inogadzirwa nemabhanana akabikwa.KuNigeria neCameroon, fufu ichena uye inonamira (semuenzaniso plantain haina kusanganiswa nemufarinya kana yabatwa).Nzira yechinyakare yokudya fufu ndeyekudzvanya chimedu chefufu mubhora neminwe yeruoko rwerudyi rwemunhu, wochinyika mumuto wacho womedza.
Fufu akabva kurudzi rweAsante kuGhana, iro rakaonekwa rikachinjwa nevatorwa kubva kuNigeria, Togo neC ô te d'Ivoire.Nigeria inoidana kuti fufufuo, ine zvirevo zviviri: imwe "chena", iyo inonzi fufuo mumutauro wedzinza uyu, uye imwe yacho ndeyokuti nzira yekugadzira (tamping) inonzi Fu Fu.Uku ndiko kunobva izwi rokuti fufu.
FUFU chimwe chezvokudya zvechinyakare muAfrica uye chinodiwa zvikuru nevanhu veko.Kazhinji inogadzirwa nemaoko, uye kunyangwe ichitaridzika nyore kubika, bvunzo yehunyanzvi hwekugadzira chef, uye kugona kwekubika kunowanzo ratidza zvakananga nhanho yayo inonaka.COOR yakanyatso kutaurirana nevatengi vanobva kuAfrica, yakasanganisa zvinodiwa nevatengi nemaitiro evatengi vemuAfrica, uye yakagadzira yakangwara yeFUFU yekubikira muchina.
Kuburikidza nekuongorora kwakadzama kwemashure uye tsvakiridzo yemushandisi, COOR yakatora matanho ekubika emuAfrica FUFU, uye akaagonesa kuburikidza nehungwaru dhizaini, tichifunga nezvemagadzirirwo uye kushanda kwechigadzirwa kubva pakuona kwemushandisi, uye pakupedzisira akagadzira muchina uyu weFUFU.
Chimiro chakapfava, mitsetse yakapfava uye mavara akareruka ndiwo maitiro emuchina uyu weFUFU.Mitsetse yakapfava uye ine hushamwari, ine inodziya uye yakatenderedzwa kubata, mutsauko nedikidiki dema uye sirivheri, zvichiita kuti dhizaini yese ive nemunyu uye inotapira, zvichiunza vashandisi kufara kusingaperi pakubika.Vashandisi vanongoda kudurura zvigadzirwa zvakagadzirirwa uye mvura mumushini, gadzira paramita, uye ipapo vanogona kuwana inonaka FUFU.Inosunungura zvachose maoko evashandisi, inovandudza hupenyu hwevatengi vemuAfrica, uye inopa vashandisi vane hungwaru, tekinoroji uye nyore kubika ruzivo.