Experts tout health benefits of indigenous vegetables

Participants in research conference for African indigenous vegetables.

Some day in 2004, lecturers and agriculture students at Maseno University brought Bondo market in Siaya County to a standstill when they showed up at the market in a dance group as they tried to entice residents into buying indigenous vegetables.

They had created their own rendition of Adam Salim’s Malaika and replaced the word Malaika with names of all indigenous vegetables in the region. Adam Salim is believed to have composed the popular song in 1945 to praise his girlfriend.