A variation on a beef stew that is popular in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Zimbabwe. Jende imagines that his mother, Ma Jonga, would have prepared such a dish during his first Christmas away from Limbe.
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Nyama Ngowa Term Timeline in Behold the Dreamers
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Chapter 37
...have prepared a meal of chicken stew with yams, a side of ndolé, plantains, and nyama ngowa .
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