20ME06 - The Ethnobotany of the African Diaspora

Speaker:  Marc Williams, MA This class focuses on the healing traditions coming to the Americas from Africa. These traditions have evolved over time as the various peoples, brought here through slavery, have interacted with Europeans and Indigenous groups. The presentation includes a discussion of the most common medicinal and culinary plants brought to the Americas from Africa and their traditional and current uses for food and medicine. Catalog Number 20ME06

Related product: The PowerPoint for this recording is available here: 2020 Medicines from the Earth Herb Symposium: Conference Book Download (PDF)