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Ces esprits qui dorment dans les semences : Ma grand-mère disait...
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My grandmother, Mame Sanou, told me that we are possessed by the spirits that sleep in seeds, those of sugar cane, rice, coffee, peanuts, bananas, chili peppers, etc. As a child, I believed her, and I still believe her. Since then, I have learned that these spirits have a scientific name and that each of these cultivated plants carries pages of human history, some glorious and others barbaric, through the ages and our planet. I also learned why I was, like millions of earthlings, possessed by sugar! In These Spirits That Sleep in Seeds, I invite you on a journey that blends history, biology, anthropology and politics. From Mame Sanou's vegetable garden to the plains of the Americas and from my family's fields to those of globalization, this book is my way of paying homage to my grandmother, who nourished my imagination by introducing me to the plant world in a poetic and avant-garde"--Publisher's website
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