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      Title: [Ch] Piri Piri Chile?
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           Piri Piri Chile
 
  Piri means chile in Swahili so a translation of piri piri chile is
  chile chile chile!  Which is the next point.  In general in
  Africa when a word is repeated it is a form of emphasis.  We see
  piri piri, pila pila, berebere and for the soccer fans Bafana
  Bafana and so on. I guess the repeated word means that it is
  thought to be exceptional in some way.
  
  Throughout Africa a small C. frutescens grows.  It is spread both by
  humans and birds and can be found growing "wild". There has been a
  proposal to declare it a weed in South Africa. There may be regional
  differences in physical characteristics and there are regional
  differences in names. I have seen small samples of those from Malawi
  (larger), Mozambique (smaller) and South Africa.  I have read the
  description on Zimbabwe Bird and some other countries I have
  forgotten. Other than minor differences in size, heat and taste
  probably due to regional developments, they are all the same.
  
  In this neck of the woods they are called Devil Chiles, further
  north others call them Zimbabwe Birds Eye and in Mozambique locals
  call them piri piri or peri peri.  Probably every town and village
  in Africa has a different name for them.
  
  You can ponder why a Swahili word is used by the Portuguese, who
  introduced this chile to Africa (West) in the first place.
  
  Peter Moss
 
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