Book Review: by Fekadu Fullas Leaf of Allah: Khat & Agricultural Transformation in Harerge, Ethiopia 1875-1991. By Ezekiel Gebissa.

Abstract

Voluminous literature is available on the plant Catha edulis, also known by the common name khat. The botany, chemistry and pharmacological properties and use of khat have been extensively investigated. As far back as 1984, an International Symposium on Khat, hosted by Natural Products Research Network for Eastern and Central Africa (NAPRECA), was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Before that time and since then as well, research reports had/has been forthcoming in the literature on the many facets of khat, both within and outside of Ethiopia