Honor Oak, shares a recipe from her book Motherland:

A Jamaican Cookbook

To serve (optional)

Seasoned callaloo and fried dumplings or festival

Method

1 Put the saltfish in a pan of water and bring it to the boil. Simmer until the fish is cooked through and soft; the time this takes will vary depending on the type of fish, so expect anything from 8 up to 20 minutes. Once cooked, drain. When it is cool, break the fish into smaller pieces, checking for bones and removing them as you go and removing the skin as well.

2 Pour the oil into a frying pan and fry the onion, red pepper, garlic and scotch bonnet over a medium heat until they soften, without letting them colour; 8-10 minutes.

3 Add the saltfish, cook for 5 minutes, then add the tomatoes, spring onions, thyme and measured water. Cook for a further 5-8 minutes until the tomatoes and spring onions soften.

4 Gently stir in the ackee, being careful not to break the curds up. Warm through for 2-3 minutes and serve.

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DID YOU KNOW?

This striking statue in Telegraph Hill Park pays tribute to the writer, merchant and explorer Olaudah Equiano – a former slave born circa 1745 in the Kingdom of Benin (now southern Nigeria) who was a key figure in the campaign to abolish the slave trade.

Equiano was part of the Sons of Africa, an abolitionist group of Africans living in Britain. His autobiography, which he published in 1789, depicted the horrors of slavery.

The bust was created by children from nearby Edmund Waller school in 2008. The colourful plinth it sits on has three sides, symbolising the triangular route of the Atlantic slave trade and the three stages of Equiano's life as a child living in Africa, slave and free man.