The Staple food of southern Africa is Maize (corn).
Although many cultures along the coast of South Africa depend primarily on marine food, the majority of Southern African cultures survive primarily on maize products and foods, the most popular of which seems to be "Pap".
Maize also forms a basic economic agent for much of the central parts of the country, including the Free State, the southern parts of the North West province and Northern-Eastern cape.
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There are three main staple foods of Africa. These foods are yams, plantains, cassava. These three items are grown throughout the continent of Africa.
The staple foods for Africa are yam, okra, rice and coco beans.
Native corn, much like American sweet corn, is the staple in southern Africa
The definition of staple food: staple food is a food that can be stored for use throughout the year or a main food consumed by a large proportion of the country's population.
Pap is a maize porridge which is the staple food of the indigenous bantu people of South Africa. The Afrikaans word Pap is derived from Dutch pap which means porridge. Many dishes are made by preparing the pap differently. Eg: Mielie meal porridge is soft while phutu pap is crumbly. Today pap is enjoyed everyday by the black population, regularly by the Afrikaner popluation and occassionally by the Indian population.