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The significance of earth-eatingarticle 2000 • Geissler, Wenzel
Luo • Africa > Eastern Africa
This article describes the social significance and meanings of attributed to earth-eating in Luo society, Kenya. In Luoland, according to the article, earth-eating is practised among children before puberty, irrespective of their sex, and among women...Medicinal plants used by Luo mothers and children in Bondo district, Kenyaarticle 2002 • Geissler, Wenzel et al.
Luo • Africa > Eastern Africa
This article describes the medical knowledge of women and children in a rural Luo community, western Kenya. Based on interviews with seven mothers, the article lists 91 plant remedies, out of which 74 are identified as remedies belonging to 69 differ...