RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 “Eating Kola” JF Ghana Studies JO Gha Stu FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 143 OP 155 DO 10.3368/gs.21.1.143 VO 21 IS 1 A1 Edmund Abaka YR 2018 UL https://gs.uwpress.org/gs.uwpress.org/content/21/1/143.abstract AB The importance of kola as a psychoactive substance has not been a focus of analysis despite the contemporary interest in licit and illicit drugs. The only exception is Paul Lovejoy’s “ ‘Coffee’ of the Central Sudan.”1 This paper thus seeks to highlight the importance of kola as a “drug” and to stress the need for more research on the medicinal properties of kola.