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African traditions were influential too and these included the gayap system of communal help, herbal medicine and Obeah – African tribal science. [3] A prominent elder in the 20th century was "Papa Neezer" – Samuel Ebenezer Elliot (1901–1969) [ 10 ] – who was a descendant of an original settler, George Elliot, and renowned for his ...
Bush medicine comprises traditional medicines used by Indigenous Australians, being Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Indigenous people have been using various components of native Australian flora and some fauna as medicine for thousands of years, and a minority turn to healers in their communities for medications aimed at providing physical and spiritual healing.
Higgs provided the illustrations for Bush Medicine in the Bahamas. She wrote a weekly column for The Nassau Guardian for over 15 years, writing about agriculture, gardening and plants. [1] She died in 1983 and is buried at Sacred Heart Church Cemetery in Nassau.
Baccharis halimifolia is a North American species of shrubs in the family Asteraceae.It is native to Nova Scotia, the eastern and southern United States (from Massachusetts south to Florida and west to Texas and Oklahoma), [2] eastern Mexico (Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Quintana Roo), [3] the Bahamas, [4] and Cuba.
Scaevola taccada is a large bush that grows up to about 3–10 metres typical of littoral zones where it grows very close to the sea exposed to the salt spray, usually on sandy or pebbly soils. [5] The branchlets are 1–1.5 cm thick with white tufts at the leaf axils.
Bahamas Education, Culture and Science Foundation, Inc. (USA) Canadian Friends of COB (Canada) Dr. Betsy Vogel Boze (pronounced Bōz), is an American academic and higher education administrator who is currently serving as the ninth President of The College of The Bahamas .
Z. lucayana, which has sometimes been listed as a synonym of Z. integrifolia, is regarded as a valid species, restricted to Long Island in the Bahamas. While the floridana variety of Z. angustifolia has been synonymized to Z. integrifolia, the species Z. angustifolia, found in the Bahamas and Cuba, remains a valid species. [35]
A History of the Bahamas. San Salvador Press. ISBN 0-9692568-0-9. Granberry, Julian; Vescelius, Gary S. (2004). Languages of the Pre-Columbian Antilles. The University of Alabama Press. ISBN 0-8173-5123-X. Keegan, William F. (1992). The People Who Discovered Columbus: The Prehistory of the Bahamas. University Press of Florida. ISBN 0-8130-1137-X.