Fufu (kuphatikiza dzina la foofoo variant, foufou, fufufuo) ndi chakudya chofunikira kwambiri m'maiko ambiri mu Africa ndi Caribbean.Nthawi zambiri amapangidwa kuchokera ku ufa wa chinangwa ndipo amathanso kusinthidwa ndi ufa wosalala kapena chimanga.Itha kupangidwanso powiritsa mbewu zokhuthala monga mbatata kapena nthochi zophika ndikuziphwanya kukhala mtanda wofanana.
chinangwa chinabweretsedwa ku Brazil ku Africa ndi amalonda a Chipwitikizi m'zaka za zana la 16.Ku Ghana, chinangwa chisanayambe, fufu ankagwiritsa ntchito chilazi.Nthawi zina, amapangidwa ndi nthochi zophika.Ku Nigeria ndi Cameroon, fufu ndi yoyera komanso yomamatira (monga plantain samasakanizidwa ndi chinangwa akakhudzidwa).Njira yachizolowezi yodyera fufu ndiyo kutsina chidutswa cha fufu mumpira ndi zala za dzanja lamanja la munthu, kenako n’kuchiviika mu supu ndi kumeza.
Fufu adachokera ku fuko la Asante ku Ghana, lomwe linapezeka ndikusinthidwa ndi anthu ochokera ku Nigeria, Togo ndi C ô te d'Ivoire.Nigeria amachitcha kuti fufufuo, chomwe chili ndi matanthauzo aŵiri: limodzi ndi “loyera” lomwe limatchedwa fufuo m’chinenero cha fuko limeneli, ndipo lina nlakuti njira yopangira (tamping) imatchedwa Fu Fu.Awa ndi magwero a mawu akuti fufu.
FUFU ndi chimodzi mwa zakudya zomwe anthu ambiri a ku Africa kuno amakonda kwambiri.Nthawi zambiri amapangidwa ndi manja, ndipo ngakhale amawoneka osavuta kuphika, amayesa luso la ophika, ndipo luso la kuphika nthawi zambiri limatsimikizira mlingo wake wokoma.COOR amalumikizana mokwanira ndi makasitomala ochokera ku Africa, kuphatikiza zosowa za makasitomala ndi zizolowezi za ogula aku Africa, ndikupanga makina ophikira anzeru a FUFU.
Kupyolera mu kufufuza mozama m'mbuyo ndi kufufuza kwa ogwiritsa ntchito, COOR inachotsa njira zophikira zachikhalidwe za ku Africa FUFU, ndikuzikonzanso kupyolera mu mapangidwe anzeru, poganizira za kamangidwe kake ndi kachitidwe kameneka kameneka kakugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi wogwiritsa ntchito, ndipo potsirizira pake adapanga makina a FUFU awa.
Mawonekedwe osalala, mizere yofewa ndi mitundu yosavuta ndi mawonekedwe a makina a FUFU awa.Mizere yofewa komanso yaubwenzi, yokhala ndi kukhudza kotentha komanso kozungulira, yosiyana ndi yocheperako yakuda ndi siliva, imapangitsa mapangidwe onse kukhala amchere ndi okoma, zomwe zimadzetsa ogwiritsa ntchito chisangalalo chosatha pophika.Ogwiritsa ntchito amangofunika kuthira zosakaniza zokonzeka ndi madzi mu makina, kukhazikitsa magawo, ndiyeno atha kupeza FUFU yokoma.Imamasula kwathunthu manja a ogwiritsa ntchito, imawongolera bwino moyo wa ogula aku Africa, ndipo imapatsa ogwiritsa ntchito chidziwitso chanzeru, chaukadaulo komanso chosavuta kuphika.