This article, co-authored with William Beinart, has recently been published in the South African Historical Journal. Contact me for more information and a copy of the full article.
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Sterkspruit Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga
Travels with my Dad and how knowledge travels
In January I traveled to South Africa on a research trip with my dad, William Beinart, following the story of a wild yam. Through this trip we are learning more about Dioscorea sylvatica, a wild yam known as 'Elephant's Foot' or 'ingwevu' in Zulu, that was heavily exploited by the British firm Boots for the production of cortisone in the 1950s – a story I've been digging into for over a year.
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