“Gouagouassou is a very traditional Ivory Coast dish, and to see it in a restaurant like this is a real pleasure,” she said. Villa Alfira is a change from the maquis, typical animated local eateries ...

Alongside the Ivorian dish, UNESCO recognised 10 other cultural meals or drinks, including Japanese sake, a traditional rice wine; and Caribbean cassava bread eaten by Indigenous communities.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — In the kitchen of his Abidjan restaurant, Ivory Coast chef Charlie Koffi prepares his country's staggering tropical bounty with the techniques of fine French cuisine.

In 2012, UNESCO, the U.N. body tasked with promoting arts and culture, identified the traditional xylophone known as the balafon as an important part of humanity’s cultural heritage. Today, in ...

In the kitchen of his Abidjan restaurant, Ivory Coast chef Charlie Koffi prepares his country’s staggering tropical bounty with the techniques of fine French cuisine. And he’s far from alone ...

This morning our Spotlight Around the World takes us to the West African country of Ivory Coast, or Cote d’Ivoire as Ivoirians prefer to say.

A school for training komians, or traditional priestesses, opened in 1992 in eastern Ivory Coast but most of its buildings are in disrepair and the school is looking for a benefactor.