Tinkpa ng Foundation
Tamale · GH
In development · Tamale, Northern Ghana

The Village.

Our home is being built. A working farm, an open kitchen, a training hall, and a place to sit on the floor and eat together — all on one piece of land in Tamale.

The Village is where every Tinkpang program lands eventually. Women train here. Youth farm here. Chefs cook here. Stories are recorded here. Right now we are clearing ground, raising the first walls, and taking applications for our founding cohort.

Construction in progress
Photos & site plan coming soon
§ The site

Four rooms,
one piece of land.

We’re laying out The Village as a working campus. Each space is a living classroom for one of our four programs. Some are already functional; others are still on the architect’s table.
01 Functional

The Open Kitchen

A wood-fired, open-air kitchen where Chef Dee tests dishes, trains cohorts, and hosts the Indigenous Foods table. Built around shared calabash bowls and floor seating.
03 Under construction

The Training Hall

A purpose-built space for women’s cohorts and youth programs — wash stations, prep counters, a small classroom and a shaded verandah for stories. Founding cohort begins on completion.
02 Functional

The Demonstration Farm

A working plot for ancestral grains and pulses — millet, fonio, bambara, sorghum — grown with seed-saving practices and used in the kitchen the same week they are harvested.
04 In planning

The Gathering Space

An open-air gathering circle for festivals, panels and the Indigenous Foods events — designed around the trees already standing on the site. Schematic phase, breaking ground next year.
§ What's cooking

From the Village
kitchen.

All Grains Stews Snacks Drinks New
DagbonFeatured

Wasawasa — sacred yam-flour, served with shito

§ Featured dish · Dagbon

Wasawasa.

A sacred yam-flour delicacy steamed and served in a wooden bowl, wasawasa is one of the most particular dishes of the Dagbon kitchen — wrapped in technique, taboo, and patience.

We serve ours with shito, fried onion, and slow conversation. Done right, it takes hours and the cleanliness of the cook is part of the seasoning. Done well, it is one of the great dishes of West Africa.
Origin
Northern Ghana
Cooks
~3 hours
Best with
Shito · Onion
Tradition
Dagbamba kitchens

What we grow here.

twelve crops on the Village farm
Bambara 01 Vigna subterranea
Baobab 02 Adansonia digitata
Dawadawa 03 Parkia biglobosa
Fonio 04 Digitaria exilis
Hibiscus 05 Hibiscus sabdariffa
Kapok 06 Ceiba pentandra
Millet 07 Pennisetum glaucum
Moringa 08 Moringa oleifera
Okra 09 Abelmoschus esculentus
Shea 10 Vitellaria paradoxa
Sorghum 11 Sorghum bicolor
Yam 12 Dioscorea spp.
§ Visit · Support · Stay tuned

The Village is not yet open
but you can already join us.

Email us to host a tasting, partner on the build, fund a cohort, or be the first to know when our doors open. The next edition of Our Indigenous Foods with Chef Dee is the easiest way in.
An innovative hub celebrating West Africa’s culinary heritage through sustainable farming, indigenous ingredients, and the women who keep our recipes alive.
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Women's Culinary Empowerment
Youth & Sustainable Agriculture
Indigenous Food Innovation
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info@tinkpan.com
Tamale, Northern Region
Ghana, West Africa
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