Updated August 2026. Houston is home to the largest Nigerian population in North America — roughly 150,000 people, with significant Ghanaian, Senegalese, and Cameroonian communities adding to the mix. That population built a food scene that stretches from the Bissonnet corridor in Alief all the way west through Briar Forest and down Highway 6, and it is one of the most underreported culinary stories in any American city. This is not a cuisine you stumble into on Yelp. The bes