Societal Impact Statement White fonio (Digitaria exilis [Kippist] Stapf) is an understudied
millet crop, indigenous to West Africa and cultivated in the region largely through traditional …

Abstract In West Africa, there is a disjuncture between historical processes in the second
millennium BC and late first millennium AD due to a comparative lack of archaeological …

This study reports the earliest directly dated occurrence of archaeological wheat and cotton
in the humid forests of West Africa. These are the first archaeobotanical results from the …

Despite major advances in archaeological coverage of West Africa over the past several
decades, interpretations remain hampered by the analytical bifurcation of the region's past …

Abstract Kola [Cola nitida (Vent.) Schott & Endl.] production has a bottleneck of self-
incompatibility resulting in poor fruit set. To ensure efficient fertilization and fruit set of kola …

Self-incompatibility is a major factor affecting fruit yield in kola. Elemental minerals, sugars
and phenolic compounds are known to play a great role in fertility and self-compatibility of …

Ouattara Y, Koffi KG, Séry DJ-M, Saraka DM, Pokou ND, Gba KKM, Bonsson B, Akaffou DS,
Sié RS. 2022. Genetic diversity and structure of kola tree (Cola nitida) clones germplasm in …

This paper reports on an attempt to analyse decorative techniques on archaeological pottery
from the Middle Niger region of West Africa as knowledge exchange networks. The twelfth …

The diversity of edible species originating in Africa is considerable, but the history of their
use and domestication remains largely neglected, despite existing historical records. This …

In recent years, migration across urban centers and national borders has radically reshaped
West African societies and sparked a global debate on the legal and cultural processes of …