Benin / DATE IDEA

Akassa at a local table.

Find a place serving akassa or another locally prepared maize dish and share two side dishes to compare flavours.

01 / BENIN

Go at your own pace.

In Benin, you can choose a flavor, a contemporary artwork or a story about local heritage together.

02 / HOW TO DO IT

Find a place serving akassa or another locally prepared maize dish and share two side dishes to compare flavours.
Ask which sauce and ingredients come with it.
Ask the place you're eating at to recommend portions for two.

No suitable place? Make a simple cornmeal porridge with two sauces at home.

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Visit an advertised exhibition or gallery in Cotonou and each choose one work to describe to the other afterwards.

02 / Benin

Find two different fabrics or patterns at a craft market and explain which design you would choose for a picnic blanket to share.

03 / Benin

Choose a locally recommended public heritage trail and talk along the way about what the place's history means.