Millet is to Africa as corn is to South America: this is the best formula to describe the important role that this product plays in the basic diet of the sub-Saharan area populations.

With millet flour, the Bambara, a warrior people of Burkina Faso, make pasta, also consumed in Mali, Togo and the Ivory Coast.

The Naudi ethnic group originally from eastern Kenya feeds on unleavened bread made from millet.