Oshiwambo ShookukuMoshinkoti shookuku
Status not stated

Ekaka and omboga

Leafy food as a sign of happiness, unity, and progress — not only nutrition. Dried spinach kept under the flour is believed to guard family members who are away.

Who
Cooks and the household
When
In season, and in storage
Where
Fields and elimba, the pantry
Why
Greens tie the pot to the people on the road.
The author’s paper does not say whether this is still practised today, so no status is shown.

Summarised from Professor Petrus Angula Mbenzi’s Aawambo Ethnobotany and The Oshiwambo Traditional Homestead.

This is a doorway, not the full account. The complete description stays with Professor Petrus Angula Mbenzi until he releases it. Read it in his books.