Browsing: Cannabis in the Global South

CANNABIS CULTURE – Why Indigenous cannabis growers are camping outside South Africa’s presidential residence

CANNABIS CULTURE – George Wajackoyah is a former street kid who worked as a grave digger in England. Now he is a law professor and this week he could be voted in as the next President of Kenya, Africa’s 6th largest economy. Wajackoyah’s message has created a sensation thanks in part to eccentric bets on cannabis.

CANNABIS CULTURE – Across Africa, the cannabis market has become a more and more militarized scene: from Zambia´s army foray into cultivation, Zimbabwe´s army dropping the first seeds of hemp, to South Africa and Swaziland where armies have a confrontational history with Indigenous growers.