Matoke AAA-EA), are known in the Bantu languages of Uganda as "matoke". Cooking bananas have long been and still are a common staple crop around the Lake Victoria area of Uganda, and in the West and Kilimanjaro regions of Tanzania. "Matoke" are peeled using a knife, wrapped in the plant's leaves (or plastic bags), and set in a cooking pot (Swahili: sufuria) atop the banana stalks. The pot is then placed on a charcoal or wood fire and the "matoke" is steamed for a couple of hours, water is poured into the bottom of the cooking pot multiple times. The stalks
International Children´s and Young Adult Literature International Children´s and Young Adult Literature International Children's and Young Adult Literature is a programme section of the International Literature Festival Berlin (ilb), which takes place annually in September in Berlin. The 18th ilb took place from September 5 to 15, 2018. In 2019, the 19th ilb will take place from September 11 to 21. From 2001 to 2018, 418 writers and illustrators of picture books, children's and young adult novels, children's poetry, comics, graphic novels, non-fiction books and novels appeared in the section. Among the best-known guests are John Boyne, Émile Bravo, Kevin Brooks, Chen Jianghong, Frank Cottrell Boyce,