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The major migration of the peanut is credited to the Portuguese, who took the nut to West Africa along with the sweet potato and corn.

In West Africa, the peanut has become an integral part of the cuisine due to the high amount of protein. It is eaten boiled, roasted or raw. In Ghana and Nigeria, they often cook peanuts together with corn and then grind it into a flour, then into peanut butter. Peanuts are sometimes used in a sweet candy made of
ground rice, sugar and peanut butter.

When Africans were brought to North America as slaves, they brought peanuts with them. The word goober, a common nickname for peanuts, comes from the Congo name for peanuts -nguba.

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