# Why Losing African Food Means Losing Africa | Chef Njathi Kabui

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Podcast: [Battle For African Agriculture Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/battle-for-african-agriculture-podcast-7332764)
Published: 2025-12-25T18:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of The Battle for African Agriculture podcast, Million Belay speaks with renowned Kenyan chef Njathi Kabui about African food as culture, resistance, and power. Drawing from his upbringing on a subsistence farm near Mount Kenya and his work across Africa and activism in the United States, Chef Kabui explains how African cuisine shapes identity, health, and sovereignty. He challenges ultra-processed and “programmed” foods, explores food justice and statecraft, and argues that reclaiming African food systems is essential for Africa’s future.

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