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Traditional Bread from Nkongsamba UNESCO Creative City

Mekwaba

  • Al-Ahsa,
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Mekwaba is a sweet bread from Cameroon made with cassava flour and local spices. It emerged in the 1950s as a response to limited wheat access, blending imported baking techniques with indigenous ingredients. Once born of necessity, Mekwaba now symbolizes culinary resilience and pride in local food traditions.

Breads of the Creative Cities, the first inter-cluster project of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, launched in 2018 by the Creative Knowledge Foundation in partnership with Tucson UCC, celebrates the diversity of local staple foods through bread as a symbol of cultural identity. It showcases stories, traditions, and practices from Creative Cities worldwide, giving voice to bakers, millers, and farmers.

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