My life in food: Idris Elba on African cuisine and cooking with his mum – National Geographic UK

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A man with a short beard and closely cropped hair is wearing a yellow T-shirt, reminiscent of the vibrant hues featured in National Geographic UK's exploration of African cuisine, looking directly at the camera against a neutral background.

Food from Sierra Leone, where my dad’s from, has been a big part of my life. Sweet potato leaf stew is something my mum would cook all the time, it was my absolute favourite. Coming home after school to those home-cooked meals is a fond memory.

I can cook. I love to make groundnut stew with chicken and I’ve been told it’s good. It’s my mum’s recipe, she taught me to how cook it in the kitchen of my childhood home in London. She would talk me through all the ingredients and the importance of the cooking sequence 
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