South African Cuisine
The cuisine of South Africa is sometimes called "rainbow cuisine", as it has had a variety of multicultural sources and stages. The cuisine can be generalized as:
- Cookery practiced by indigenous people of Africa such as the Sotho and Nguni-speaking people.
- Cookery that emerged from several waves of colonialisation and immigration introduced during the colonial period by white European people of Dutch, German, French and Asian-Indonesian descent (since 1652) Afrikaner, British descent (since 1805 and 1820 Settlers) and their Asian slaves or servants - this includes the cuisine of the so-called Cape Malay people, which has many characteristics of Indonesia and cooking styles from neighbouring colonial cultures such as Portuguese Mozambique.
Read more about South African Cuisine: Indigenous Cookery, Settler Cookery, Beverages, Restaurants and Fast Food Outlets, Typical South African Foods and Dishes
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