Uncooked Women

By Uncooked Women

Joined by the most interesting people in West African gastronomy, award-winning food writer, Adaorah Oduah, digs into food, culture, and everything in between.... more

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May 31, 2023 Long Live the Bread King
Amos Shackleford initially arrived in Lagos from Jamaica to work on the railroads, but he would go on to make Nigerian food history. When Shackleford started his bakery from Ebute Metta in the 1920s, he would use his business savvy to feed a growing appetite for bread across the country. On this episode we stop by one of our favorite restaurants in Lagos - Jamksi - to eat some hardo bread, the ancestor of Nigerian Agege bread, and also to learn about the history Jamaicans and Nigerians share. Our story starts from a Queen who led a rebellion against the British in Jamaica and takes us to Lagos, Russia and right back to Lagos where we’ll make a final stop at the Wheatbaker hotel.

Follow us on Instagram⁠ ⁠@uncookedwomen⁠⁠ and tell us what you’re eating

Find the documentary here:⁠ ⁠Where Did Agege Bread Come From?⁠⁠
⁠Jaimacans demand reparations during royal visit⁠
⁠Chinese Immigrant Origins of Jamaican Hardo Bread⁠
⁠A Brief History of Jamaica ⁠

The Uncooked Women podcast is co-hosted by Adaorah Oduah, Olamide Oladoyin and Ore Dosumu.

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21min
January 15, 2022 Beer vs Craft Beer
Every bottle of Budweiser or Heineken is made to taste the exact same wherever you’re drinking around the world…and that gets boring. Cue, Craft Beer & Craft Breweries — smaller breweries that are popping up everywhere and making refreshing new twists to the world’s most widely consumed alcohol. Think pepper infused beers, or yam beer! They may seem new or even outlandish, but craft beers borrow from beer's beginnings — a pre-industrial time when people made beer from ingredients found in their houses, like bananas, rice, and corn. On this episode, we stop by Igbadun Brewing, a microbrewery in Lagos that’s following the cue of brewers in countries like Japan & the US, and bringing local flavours back to beer. We also speak with Jon Bazie of Tioga-Sequoia, a craft brewery making cool beers in sunny California. It’s all about bringing local flavours back to beer this episode. Enjoy!
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33min
November 16, 2021 How Food Made The #EndSARS Protests
During the #EndSARS movement, several small businesses paused their day-to-day operations to feed thousands of people for FREE. On this episode we reflect on the anniversary of the #EndSARS protests and how food and those vendors gave Nigeria the longest protest it’s had in the past 4 decades. Special thanks to Taedo Bills whose song - ‘25’ is featured in the opening credits of this episode.
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35min
October 16, 2021 Lagos Restaurants: A Story of Migration
On this episode, the uncooked women dig into one of their favourite things - restaurants that provide food they didn’t have to cook! We head to the Syrian Club, a restaurant and social club that’s been in Lagos since the 80’s, to speak with Tamer about migration into Lagos and all the food that has come with it.
The restaurant industry has become a natural hub for the migrant population and these communities have not only changed the way Nigerians eat forever, they’ve also ushered in Afrofusion cuisine - a bold, African forward blend of the many influences on our homegrown staples. To tell us more about fusion and the future of West African food is Nkesi Enyioha, the executive chef of award winning restaurant - HSE Gourmet and her newly opened Afrofusion spot - OHURU
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38min
October 15, 2021 SEASON TRAILER Introducing: The Uncooked Women Podcast
We’re back baby! It’s a brand new season of connecting the food we didn’t cook to just about everything. Join us as we eat our way through Nigerias rich gastronomy and connect the dots between food, history, politics and ourselves as eaters. Stay tuned and subscribe!
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2min
September 06, 2021 We’ll be right back after these messages.
The uncooked women take a hiatus to marinate, ruminate and such, but we’ll be back in September baby!
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1min
January 07, 2021 Beauty & The Body
On this episode it’s the body for us. Dieting is a billion dollar industry that is responsible for everything from pills to teas, to belts and corsets. In Nigeria it’s a growing industry and the rising pressure to be thin is caving in a history of fat acceptance and even celebration. Many things have coincided to make thin the in thing, so we’re taking you on a journey of religious anorexia, fattening rituals, fat liberation and even neoliberal politics to explain just how we got here.
Follow us on Twitter @Uncookedwomen On Instagram @Uncookedwomen and you can find the blog on medium @uncookedwomenpod. You can also find Ore being aloof on @kk5335 and Ada hiding her identity with her full government name @adaorah_oduah
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1h 6min
January 07, 2021 Plantain & (Sexual) Pleasure
On the 5th episode, the Uncooked Women discuss Plantains & Pleasure. Plantains are versatile, varied and even virile. A powerhouse of history and flavour. Join Ada and Ore as they chat about the origins of plantain, it’s wide-reaching significance on the continent and in the diaspora and what it’s phallic resemblance can teach us about understanding female sexual pleasure through a critical lens. Plantains, Orgasms, Sex toys, Slavery & Michael Foucault — what is the correlation?! We hope you enjoy. We’re joined by Sisi from Mahogany NG; a sex blog & e-commerce store & Olawunmi Esan, a certified pyschotherapist & trained sex therapist.
Follow us on twitter: @uncookedwomen on Instagram: @uncookedwomen & you can find the blog on medium: uncookedwomenpod. You can also find ore being aloof on @kk5335 & Ada hiding her identity with her full government name @adaorah_oduah
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1h 4min
January 07, 2021 Meat the Other
Meat is a divisive food any how you cut it - whether it’s the backdrop for climate change discussions or a basis for stereotyping other cultures. On this episode, Ada and Ore do a historical exploration of our meat eating habits, discussing why we eat only certain animals today, even though at different times in history and even now, certain cultures have enjoyed eating all sorts of meats, from dog meat to horse meat. The pressing problem of the twenty-first century is “othering” - it is the basis for territorial disputes, intertribal violence, the spread of diseases, food insecurity and climate change. Using this backdrop, Ada and Ore use meat to unpack identity politics and discrimination.
Follow us on twitter: @uncookedwomen on Instagram: @uncookedwomen & you can find the blog on medium: uncookedwomenpod. You can also find ore being aloof on @kk5335 & Ada hiding her identity with her full government name @adaorah_oduah
Sounds: illusion by Ikebeshakedown, Tchakare Kanyembe track 01, African Moon by John Bartmann, Hard Boiled Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Backed Vibes Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Past Sadness Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Ghana by Harpo Marks
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53min
January 05, 2021 Food, Love & Sex
For centuries humans have searched for foods that make love & sex a little sweeter. In this episode we're talking about aphrodisiacs and how they are entangled in the politics of romance and intimacy. We unpack romantic love to get a better understanding of Nigeria's relationship to it as well as women's. Finally we chat to Temi - @Temiiib on instagram - a queer and polyamorous woman and get her take on love and sex. Follow us on twitter: @uncookedwomen on Instagram: @uncookedwomen & you can find the blog on medium: uncookedwomenpod. You can also find ore being aloof on @kk5335 & Ada hiding her identity with her full government name @adaorah_oduah
01 by Lilly J on @mixkit.co, Chill Bro by Diego Nava @mixkit.co Xaleyi by Youssoupha Sidibe, illusion by Ikebeshakedown, Tchakare Kanyembe track 01, African Moon by John Bartmann, Hard Boiled Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Cool Vibes Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Thinking Music Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Ghana by Harpo Marks
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1h 1min

FAQs about Uncooked Women:

How many episodes does Uncooked Women have?

The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.