Talk presented at the 2006 African Studies Association Meeting in San Francisco, CA by Abena Dove Osseo-Asare, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of California, Berkeley
1. Drug Prospecting in Africa : Historical Lessons from Madagascar Periwinkle to Ghana Quinine Abena Dove Osseo-Asare, PhD Department of History University of California, Berkeley [email_address]
2.
3. Case 1: Madagascar Periwinkle "In this case I do not believe there is a compelling reason to suggest that Madagascar’s role in the discovery of the pharmacological action of a few of the alkaloids from this plant represents “easy picking” or any logical requirement for compensation. It was certainly not easy and required millions of dollars of investment. Should Jamaica, the Philippine Islands, Texas, Florida, and so forth also have shared? The share would have been infinitesimal and illogical. Should China continue to receive payments for digitalis and the United Kingdom for penicillin?" – Irving Johnson, Eli Lilly (1992)
4. Case 2: Ghana Quinine N N CH 3 Cryptotackieine (1996) Cryptolepis sanguinolenta
9. Talk presented at the 2006 meeting of the African Studies Association Meeting in San Francisco, CA by Abena Dove Osseo-Asare email: [email_address] http://osseo.berkeley.edu
Notas do Editor
What exactly is indigenous knowledge and is bioprospecting the way to preserve it? Problem of it being embodied in certain classes of individuals. To illustrate my point, some images from Popular literature in the US 1993 Art Davidson: Endangered Peoples– person superimposed on the tropical terrain Asante healer-priest From African Ceremonies by photographer Carol Beckwith & Angela fisher– this is indeed a healer chanelling spirits, use of white powder, but something for festivals, not exactly in line with Nana Drobo off in Japan Chris kilham- “medicine hunter” looking for Kava in the south pacific 1996– been to ghana, one healer I met had his business card and asked me if I knew him, because he had taken some plants not heard back. Interested in this guy– the intermediary
![Drug Prospecting in Africa : Historical Lessons from Madagascar Periwinkle to Ghana Quinine Abena Dove Osseo-Asare, PhD Department of History University of California, Berkeley [email_address]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/drug-propsecting-in-africa-asa-2006-online-1222460577940245-8/85/Drug-Propsecting-In-Africa-ASA-2006-Online-1-320.jpg)
![‘Bioprospecting’ ,[object Object],[object Object]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)