Meaning of suferia | Babel Free

Definitions

A type of cooking pot popular in East Africa.

Examples

“I started coffee as Philip stirred breakfast to keep⟳ the eggs from burning on the bottom of the thin aluminum suferia (cooking put⟳).”

“They kept watch⟳, boiled chai in the suferia, and tried, constantly to make⟳ Simi open⟳ her mouth to drink⟳, to swallow⟳, to take⟳ the small sustenance that the sugar and tea and milk might give⟳ her.”

“I peered inside and saw⟳ a pile of belongings—should sacks, tattered clothing, a towel, a wooden box, a suferia (cooking pot), plastic mugs and plates, straw mats and hats—the worldly goods of the poor.”

“I am from Togo born after Communism / the sound⟳ of donuts frying in the morning / and oatmeal being stirred over the fire and under the stars / in the extra large suferia”

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