Book ID: 91976
Pakia, Mohamed
African Traditional Plant Knowledge Today. An ethnobotanical study of the Digo at the Kenya Coast. 2006. (Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung, Volume 24). 217 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
An unusual exploration of the ethnobotanical study, through an interdisciplinary approach, that combines linguistics, botanyand anthropological aspects. It gives an in-depth account of the practical life of the Digo in their day-to-day knowledge and conceptionof the plant world. The Digo were involved in the study as a representative of the African ethnic groups, which provides for ascholastic challenge to prove otherwise. The subject matter is drawn from the general botanical topics, via plant description, naming,identification, and classification.