n the book, “They Came Before Columbus” Ivan Van Sertima educates us about how the life of a plant is not a simple matter. He states clearly that “It requires the adoption of a whole complex of knowledge about the plant’s ecological requirements, and often also about the human usages of plants.” From early childhood education, we were always taught that the only use of our ancestors were to pick cotton that was previously here. However, we were taught wrong. Ivan states that African Americans had a connection with plants. They used them for survival. We planted them, grew them, took great care of them, used them as resources and continued to immigrate around the country. Therefore, when answering the question “Why is this type of information
