With many cultures and subcultures. And many different ethnic groups.
In fact, some of the food is still incorporated into Black American cuisine culture. When Angela Rye was in Africa she noticed how close traditional Black American food was to that of the continent.
“Okra originated from the Abyssinian center, an area that includes Ethiopia, a portion of Eritrea, and the eastern, higher part of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. The crop was probably taken into Egypt by Moslems from the East who conquered Egypt in the seventh century.”
(Ambayeba Muimba-Kankolongo, Vegetable Production, in Food Crop Production by Smallholder Farmers in Southern Africa, 2018 11.3.1 Origin and Geographic Distribution)
Black Rice
The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas, by Judith A. Carney