Matomoka.A fruit that was in abundance back in the day.Until we were lied to that an apple a day keeps the doc away and forgot about these fruits.
This fruit,known as Custard apple, is said to have many benefits, one of them being cancer fighting properties.
But you wont find it in our supermarkets.Its not even common in our rural markets.Our kids know only of apples and pomegranates and such imported fruits.Imported fruits that are laced with chemicals so that they can last on the shelves long enough.
Its time we decolonised our foods.And did away with overated Eurocentric fruits and go back to ‘matomokas’ and ‘matuyas’ and ‘ngambura’.That aside, whats the English name for ‘matuya?’ and ‘ngambura?’
Which other forgotten fruit do we need to bring back to our plates?
Mubiru, mukambura and mukoye trees
Ituya fruit
One of the fruits we forgot.