This flaky, chewy flatbread is a staple of celebratory meals in Kenya and many parts of East Africa. (Silvia Razgova / For The Times; prop and food styling by Kiano Moju) This flaky, chewy flatbread ...

Chapati is a staple flatbread in Kenya, where you’ll often see it made with mashed vegetables such as pumpkin or squash. It’s one of the first dishes that Kiano Moju learned to make as a toddler, and ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Kenyan chefs prepare chapati in the foodways demonstration tent. Photo by Walter Larrimore, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, ...

Nairobi — President William Ruto's promise to buy a chapati-making machine for students in Nairobi and the city's subsidised school meals initiative has triggered widespread ridicule and criticism ...

As Kenya’s cities grew, more and more people left their rural homes and subsistence farming systems to go to urban settlements like Mombasa to find work. In the city, meals were paid for with cash, a ...