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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 22 Aug 2017

    Happy World Jollof Day! 🍽pic.twitter.com/1ZlrfhsGFr

    8:58 AM - 22 Aug 2017
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    • trifectaracing Jane Lane. Affoué YUGYDAY 🕺🏻🎊🎉 Kjell Ivar Vestrom Emmanuel David-Davis Umesh Singh Tomar🇮🇳Proud Indian🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 ❤Aranaa wait
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      1. #KakalikaLove‏Verified account @deborahvanessa7 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        https://youtu.be/IGEr7TQA2eQ  #GhanaJollof 🇬🇭💃🇳🇬

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      1. ernestin koba‏ @big_Koba 23 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Nigeria jollof tastes like uncooked maize. Ghana jollof is simply out of this world. Extraordinary.

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      1. Vivian Adong  👸🏾‏ @adongviv 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Yes !!! I ate Jollof rice while in Accra and It was so yum 😋😋.

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      1. MANSA MUSA‏ @amasa_gana 23 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This is so one sided it's not even funny. Naija jollof is food but Ghana jollof is jollof.

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      1. Yao Noah Nash‏ @nashmessiah 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Come and taste my mum aunty Caro jollof rice u will remain in #Ghana #jollof

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      1. Joshua Asomani‏ @JoshuaAsomani 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Ghana Jollof the best #HappyWorldJollofDay

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      1. Justus McVincent‏ @joostews 23 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        salty people on here... Ghanaian jollof tastes like left over Nigerian jollof...

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      1. #KakalikaLove‏Verified account @deborahvanessa7 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @jabdulai

        coast*

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      1. Egbe dorian‏ @DorianEgbe 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        na wah o, even jollof too? Maybe people should be serving free jollof on days like this

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      2. Gayelle‏ @Gayelle10 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I'm so going to prepare it tomorrow.

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      3. Ugoo Ohia‏ @Ugoo_Nig 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Gayelle10 @BBCAfrica

        Sure won't be like made in Nigeria.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Gayelle‏ @Gayelle10 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Ugoo_Nig @BBCAfrica

        Hahaha.. Well it'll be Ghanaian jollof but in Cameroon. Lol

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. November's Very Own‏ @Lanrizzle_ 23 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Gayelle10 @Ugoo_Nig @BBCAfrica

        Ashia for your stomach #GhanaJollof

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Gayelle‏ @Gayelle10 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Lanrizzle_ @Ugoo_Nig @BBCAfrica

        Hahaha don't even go there. As an outsider to the Ghanaian & Nigerian jollof war, I'll go with GH since I've eaten jollof from both C'tries

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. November's Very Own‏ @Lanrizzle_ 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Gayelle10

        Having lived in all 3, I don't think you are really really an outsider. Plus if you are a francophone #AutomaticRedCard hahaha

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      8. Gayelle‏ @Gayelle10 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Lanrizzle_

        Hahaha... Nope! I'm from the English part of Cameroon, southwest to be precise.

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      9. November's Very Own‏ @Lanrizzle_ 24 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Gayelle10

        For me it's the type rice used...The Thai/Basmati Rice is No No 🙅🏾‍♂️...Parboiled Rice all the way.

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      1. Ale‏ @Ale_LtdEdition 22 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I love African food so much 😍but I prefer fufu and plantains than Jollof ... my taste ☺️

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      1. Adelaide‏ @adeladey 23 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @Bilal_east

        Ghana jollof is the only jollof. Simple. Everyone else is copying.

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      1. Moses‏ @mosesansong1 23 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        if it is Jollof rice then it must be from Ghana. #GhanaJollof

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