Research:2005-05-01/Journal article/antiquity-of-the-smoking-habit-in-africa

1 May 2005 Journal article

South Africa

Antiquity of the smoking habit in Africa

Nikolaas J. van der Merwe

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa· 2005

Argues that the smoking habit in Africa predates tobacco, citing dated pipe finds including cannabis residue at Lalibela Cave, Ethiopia, around 1320 CE. The East-African comparandum for early southern-African smoking.

Source DOI

2005-05-01 2026-07-03 Antiquity of the smoking habit in Africa Journal article Nikolaas J. van der Merwe Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 2005 10.1080/00359190509520494 https://doi.org/10.1080/00359190509520494 Argues that the smoking habit in Africa predates tobacco, citing dated pipe finds including cannabis residue at Lalibela Cave, Ethiopia, around 1320 CE. The East-African comparandum for early southern-African smoking. South Africa