The Transcript
Fr Anselm Adodo, the founder of Nigeria’s leading plant medicine research and production institute, Pax Herbals. He is a Benedictine priest at the Ewu monastery in Edo State and his work exeplifies a wide range of expertise spanning education, environmentalism, social work.
He holds doctoral degrees in Management of Technology and Innovation from the DaVinci Institute, South Africa, and in Medical Sociology from the University of Benin, Nigeria. He is a Fellow of the Nigeria Society of Botanists and an Adjunct Research Fellow at the National Institute of Medical Research, Nigeria. His expertise extends to curriculum development, mental health consulting, social innovation, and community development, establishing him as a key figure in advancing integrative medicine and driving socio-economic development. Fr Adodo’s unwavering commitment is to inspire individuals and promote collaboration between academia and industry, paving the way for transformative advancements in healthcare.
He holds doctoral degrees in Management of Technology and Innovation from the DaVinci Institute, South Africa, and in Medical Sociology from the University of Benin, Nigeria. He is a Fellow of the Nigeria Society of Botanists and an Adjunct Research Fellow at the National Institute of Medical Research, Nigeria. His expertise extends to curriculum development, mental health consulting, social innovation, and community development, establishing him as a key figure in advancing integrative medicine and driving socio-economic development. Fr Adodo’s unwavering commitment is to inspire individuals and promote collaboration between academia and industry, paving the way for transformative advancements in healthcare.
His unwavering commitment is to inspire individuals and promote collaboration between academia and industry, paving the way for transformative advancements in healthcare.
In this conversation, perhaps more than any other in this project, we kept returning to how one’s material conditions affect their ability to see the bigger picture and tap into the healing that comes from meaning-making and re-storying one’s life, a task that requires vulnerability and integrity.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction to Sweet Medicine Podcast
00:59 Father Anselm Adodo: A Journey of Healing and Discovery
09:27 Education and the genius of the local
14:40 How have Nigerians been taught to think?
17:58 The Impact of Capitalism on Nigerian Society
26:10 Social Innovation and Densu in Ayi Kwei Armah’s novel The Healers
30:31 Case Studies of Integrated Living in Africa
36:41 Thank you.
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