Surprisingly, stockfish didn’t originate from Nigeria. This fish delicacy is actually imported from Norway and this is how it all began.
The major drive according to history was the Biafran civil war in Nigeria. This war which lasted for about three years led to the death of over a million people. Apart from the killing during the war itself, a lot of people were also dying from hunger. It got so bad that churches, nations and relief agencies started to fly in emergency supplies.
One of the nations that stepped in to help was Norway and their contribution was stockfish. And so, tonnes of stockfish were flown to Nigeria to help combat hunger.
