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The Encyclopedia of Rootical Folklore: Plant Tales from Africa and the Diaspora Women & Judaism only a drably furnished bachelorRootical Folklore is a celebration of African roots, personal and botanical. Through retellings of plant lore, tales of elders who inspire reverence for our herbal allies, and songs to the divine orishas, botanical folklorist Natty Mark Samuels traces the deep and ancient ties between plants and humans in Africa and the Diaspora. This treasury contains 88 entries on flora of Africa and the Caribbean, from acacia to yerba mate, each accompanied by