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The kola nut’s history reaches far beyond modern cola. 🌰🥤

West African ritual, hospitality, medicine, trade, colonial science, pharmacy, extraction, and 19th-century stimulant culture all shaped the road from kola to cola.

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The Kola Nut and the Birth of Cola

Explore the West African history of the kola nut and its ties to colonialism, medicine, 19th-century science, and modern consumer culture.

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