Malewa, a Ugandan delicacy, is going global
August 12, 2025
On the slopes of Mount Elgon, where Uganda and Kenya meet in a region of extinct volcanoes, elephant highways and bamboo forests, a locally-cherished dish known as malewa — dried and smoked bamboo shoots — has taken root as an exotic export, called malewa. Once a ritual food of the Bagisu people, malewa’s popularity has jumped borders and now, continents.
