Nigerian superstar and crooner of ‘Last Last,’ Burna Boy has defended Ghana jollof when he was served variety of jollof during a recent interview with Complex US.
The Nigerian musician stood up for Ghanaian jollof even though his country is in an unending food rivalry with the latter.
‘Jollof’ which is a rice-based dish from West Africa is typically made with, tomatoes, onions, spices, and vegetables among other accompaniments.
The singer seemed to have gotten a hang of the challenge when he got the ones from Nigeria and Senegal right until he encountered what he referred to as “low-quality jollof”.
Although he mistook the origin of the third plate, suggesting it might be from Kenya, he wasn’t entirely off the mark in terms of the quality assessment.
Unfortunately for Burna Boy, his guess was incorrect, and he was informed that the jollof rice he deemed less flavorful actually hailed from Ghana.
He was visibly surprised claiming that his experiences with Ghana’s jollof were very different as this particular plate did not meet that standard.
“Ghana jollof is way better than this even if Ghana jollof is bottom of my list, it is a lot better than this. The real Ghana jollof is a lot better than this,” he insisted.
Ghana and Nigeria are known to be in the popular “Jollof war” about which country has the best jollof rice.
