It was a drug produced in Nottingham in the United Kingdom that led us on a journey to South Africa to visit muthi markets, archives, herbariums and nature reserves. We spoke with traders, healers, ...

Sweet potatoes are a revered staple for most important meals in African American life. No plate of soul food is complete without the buttery liquid from candied sweet potatoes flowing into the juice ...

In many tropical countries, yams are known as the “king of crops.” Worldwide, they’re the fourth most utilized root and tuber crop—after potatoes, cassavas, and sweet potatoes—and they feed hundreds ...

IBADAN, Nigeria (Reuters) - Stacks of hairy yams line a market in Ibadan, where traders haggle over quality and price before loading them into cars for the last mile to Nigerian consumers. Nearby, a ...

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November means turkey, mashed potatoes and bright orange candied yams or, depending on who you ask, candied sweet potatoes. While some may use sweet potato and yam interchangeably, botanically ...