Kola is God's Gift: Agricultural Production, Export Initiatives and the Kola Industry in Asante and the Gold Coast, c. 1820-1950 (Western African Studies)

Kola is a 'food-drug', a substance considered neither food nor medicine, but - like coffee, tea, coca and tobacco - is used to induce 'flights of fancy'. It is incorporated into rites of passage, and ceremonies to cement treaties and contracts; its medicinal properties were first recognised outside Africa in the twelfth century; and it is a legal and popular stimulant among West African Muslims.BR> North America: Ohio U Press; Ghana: Woeli Publishing Services