Mulembu

Mulembu is a Punu name for the traditional cassava-stick food documented in Gabon. The Kango rendition recorded in the field study uses white cassava roots and a shaped, wrapped dough form.

The cassava base has a smooth dough consistency within the study’s account of fermented cassava preparations. Root variety and household practice distinguish individual examples of this broader food tradition.

Wrapped portions provide the finished presentation. The study identifies the Punu preparation separately from other named Gabonese cassava-stick traditions, while documenting related ways of working the same staple crop.