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In Burkina Faso, the government has brought together more than 1,000 traditional herbalists as part of efforts to modernize the country’s traditional medicine sector.

The government believes many herbalists hold generations of knowledge about medicinal plants that deserves proper scientific research and testing.

Instead of letting that knowledge disappear, they want to study it, improve it, and see what can be produced safely on a larger scale.

“If our study of Black history is merely an exercise in feeling good about ourselves, then we will die feeling good. We must look at the lessons that history teaches us. We must understand the tremendous value of the study of history for the re-gaining of power. If our education is not about gaining real power, we are being miseducated and mislead and we will die “miseducated and mislead.”

"They call us bandits, but it is not we who are robbing Africa, Asia, & Latin America of their natural resources & freedom. The rulers of this country & their flunkies have committed some of the most brutal, vicious crimes in history. They are bandits."

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Captain Ibrahim Traoré Says: