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Food Health
Food Health
THE THEFT AND THE COLONIZATION
OF AFRICA’S INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
Fr Anselm Adodo, Ewu, Nigeria
auwolfia vomitoria, often called reach up to 8 meters in height, with dark
African serpentwood or poison green leaves, small white flowers, and red
Rdevil’s pepper, is a plant widely seeds. African traditional healers have long
valued across Africa for its healing used its roots, bark, and leaves to treat
properties. It grows in tropical regions from conditions like high blood pressure, mental
West Africa, like Senegal and Nigeria, to illness, insomnia, and depression.
East Africa, including Ethiopia and Kenya,
and as far south as Angola. This plant can In the mid-20th century, Rauwolfia
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