I doubt it.
There are several British dishes made with rice. We are very multicultural when it comes to food and so we also eat lots of rice with foreign dishes too.
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I wasn't the one who brought it up.
Anyway, most rice in the U.S. is eaten with Mexican or Chinese food, which has nothing to do with Africa.
Thats an Ignorant statement. You know very little about Southern,US cuisine. Rice is a staple of many Southern dishe of West African origin.