NYC has better African restaurant representation than any other city in the US with chefs frying up dishes from countries as unexpected as Somalia and Burkina Faso. At the same time, there are some pretty enormous gaps in its African restaurant representation: Congo and Tanzania are two of the most populous countries in the world that don't have restaurants in the New York area. (Send us an email if you can prove us wrong.) Trying to label food as disparate as Ethiopian, Moroccan, Nigerian, and South African food under one category - "African" - is like forcing boeuf bourguignon, Greek salad, and schnitzel onto one menu, but, regardless, here's a hit list of some of the best African spots in NYC.