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Zulu’s smoking – South Africa by B W Caney – 1880 The South African Smoker Games Long before the Hunger Games would captivate the delight of many a sauced smoker, cannabis smokers in South Africa came up with their own Read More …
Luft Officer smoking homemade hookah during WW2 in Africa
Jeune femme au narguilé. Tirage argentique d’époque “Young woman with Hookah, vintage silver print” by Lehnert & Landrock – Tunisia, 1920
Bar on the West Coast of South Africa In a hole in the wall bar on the west coast of South Africa, a man is found with a poem inked in flesh… ‘The Roker’s Song’ In a hole in the Read More …
“Smoking hemp” in Swaziland, South Africa. Pre 1900
“1964 Marijuana farm Plant Harvest Africa Congo” – negatives More questions then answers on these negatives…
Maasai tribesman, Tanzania The Bushman’s Bong Another early example of the ‘Earth Pipe’ or ground bong of Africa. This one from a Hawaii traveler telling stories on a layover in 1898 with jokes! Evening bulletin, Hawaiian newspaper, July Read More …
Get Up, Stand Up Preacher man, don’t tell me, Heaven is under the earth. I know you don’t know What life is really worth. It’s not all that glitters is gold; half the story has never been told: So now Read More …
Nigerian anti cannabis PSA poster… Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health, Health Education Division
Surma tribe by anthony pappone Drinking Smoke The origins of the water pipe have long thought to originate in the middle east or in Asia, but a water pipe technique from Africa may date far earlier… Before the Read More …