Dive into African cuisine and culture at the First Baptist Church

A Taste of Africa is on tap for 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 15 at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center, 1090 Southwest Dr., Kennett.

This unique event supports Calvary Love Ministries in Liberia and features traditional African cuisine along with live auctions.

A Taste of Africa offers guests a singular opportunity to dive fork-first into "mother of mankind's" culinary delights, said organizer, missionary, and Kennett Chiropractor, Chancellor Wayne.

"You're going to have some traditional American food," Wayne said. "Then you're going to have some traditional African-style food.

"So, you're going to have a full dinner," he added. "Typically, at these events, you'll have some Jollof Rice, a couple of different flavors of rice bread, one is usually nutmeg, and another is ginger, and they're both really good."

Homemade beverages are planned as well, "... root beer, but it's ginger beer, which is very much an acquired taste," Wayne said.

"So everyone will get a communion cup because you really either love it or hate it," Wayne explained. "We'll do fried plantains and Challah Bread, a yeast bread that they make quite a bit over there. You fry it, then you dip it in pepper gravy, which is a pepper sauce made from very hot peppers fried in oil, and it's one of their seasonings that they put on top of rice and cassava."

Both silent and live auctions are planned, and donations are invited, Wayne said.

Tickets are $25 each, and space is limited, but tables of six are available, Wayne noted.