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Event · Starts Nov 7

SYMPOSIUM | Digitising Yoruba Plant Knowledge -

New Culture Studios (Creative Art Centre) · Ibadan, Nigeria

Starts

Nov 7

Where

Ibadan, Nigeria

Left

3d

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#outreach#African medicine#Digital technology#Yoruba plant knowledge

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What does a truly African approach to medicine look like? -------------- Speaker: Eiseke Bolaji This study explores traditional Yoruba medicine and the threat of its loss as oral transmission patterns change. Challenging Western archival methods, it proposes a community-centered digital framework that preserves this botanical knowledge strictly through Yoruba epistemological classificatory systems. Discover how digital technologies can serve as a "living infrastructure," ensuring ancestral plant knowledge remains a vital resource for a Yoruba-centered African renaissance.

Schedule

  • Start: Nov 7, 2026, 4:00 PM GMT+1
  • End: Nov 7, 2026, 5:00 PM GMT+1
  • Timezone: Africa/Lagos

Location

Ibadan, Nigeria

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