Interview with leading West African culinary professional Barbara Baeta, in which she discusses various forms of cassava dishes, including gari and akple

Listen to an interview with legendary Barbara Baeta of Ghana, whose Flair Catering company has cooked for every head of state since Ghana's independence from England in 1957, beginning with Ghana's first Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah through J. J. Rawlings who left office in 2000. In this brief interview, she discusses various forms of cassava (manioc) dishes, including gari, the "couscous of West Africa," and, akple, a cooked cassava dough.