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In search of Jollof rice with chef Shola Olunloyo as West African flavors surge in Philly and beyond

Woodland Avenue is the commercial heart of the immigrant African community in Southwest Philadelphia.

Chef Shola Olunloyo smells a hot pepper grown in the backyard of his home in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021.
Chef Shola Olunloyo smells a hot pepper grown in the backyard of his home in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021.Read moreHEATHER KHALIFA / Staff Photographer