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'''Adodo Anselm Gbenga''' (born 1969) is a Nigerian [[scholar]] who is a pioneer of [[Alternative medicine]] in [[Africa]]. He is also [[Benedictine monk]] and [[Catholic priest|priest]] of the Roman Catholic Church in Edo state Nigeria. He founded Nigeria’s first Alternative medicine and [[research laboratory]] enterprise in Nigeria known as [[Pax Herbal Clinic and Research Laboratories]] in 1997.<ref name="AdodoAnselm2017">{{cite book|last1=Adodo|first1=Anselm|title=Integral Community Enterprise in Africa: Communitalism as an Alternative to Capitalism|date=2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1138636798|page=8|url=https://books.google.com.ng/books?id=9DeEDgAAQBAJ}}</ref>
'''Adodo Anselm Gbenga''' (born 1969) is a [[Nigerian]] [[Scholarly method|scholar]] who has advocated for [[alternative medicine]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anselm Adodo Archives|url=https://www.vimasnews.com/tag/anselm-adodo/|website=Vimas News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref> He is also a [[Benedictine monk]] and [[Catholic priest|priest]] of the [[Roman Catholic church|Roman Catholic Church]] in [[Edo State|Edo State, Nigeria]].


He founded Nigeria’s first alternative medicine and [[research laboratory]] enterprise, called [[Pax Herbal Clinic and Research Laboratories]], in 1997.<ref name="AdodoAnselm2017">{{cite book|last1=Adodo|first1=Anselm|title=Integral Community Enterprise in Africa: Communitalism as an Alternative to Capitalism|date=2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1138636798|page=8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9DeEDgAAQBAJ}}</ref>
He started the herbal enterprise as a little [[herbal]] clinic venture in [[Ewu Monastery]] meant to offer [[herbal remedy]] to common ailments like [[cough]] and [[malaria]] to nearby villagers. Successes with treated patients meant information about the nascent herbal clinic at the monastery quickly spread to surrounding towns and beyond in a short space of time.


He also has written several books on alternative medicine, nutrition, health and [[epidemiology]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adodo |first=Anslem |date=17 March 2020 |title=Healing Plants of Nigeria: Ethnomedicine and Therapeutic Applications |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340025516 |website=ResearchGate}}</ref>
Adodo joined the [[Ewu Monastery]] in 1987 where he continues to live, pray, work, and study as a monk and an Alternative Medicine practitioner. As a writer, he has written several books on [[Alternative Medicine]], [[Nutrition and Health]], and [[Epidemiology]].


==Early life and career==
== Education and career ==
Adodo was born in his family home to a [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] family in Akure, [[Ondo state]] of [[Nigeria]]. His father Adebayo Adodo(1936 - 1988) is from the ''Oba-Ile'' axis of Akure, a prominent academician and wealthy entrepreneur owned one of the biggest frozen fish warehouse in Akure in the 1970s. His mother Mary Omodun Adodo (née Falodun)(born 1939) is from the Falodun royal family in Akure known for their vast [[cocoa plant]]ations.{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}}


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In 1979, Adodo joined St. Thomas Aquinas College Akure to begin his [[secondary school]] education. By 1985, he had successfully completed his secondary school education and was awarded a [[West African Senior School Certificate Examination|West African school certificate]]. When he visited the [[Ewu Monastery]] in 1987, it was the peace and tranquillity of the natural environment that really struck him,<ref name="AlifeLongFocus">{{cite web|last1=Adodo|first1=Anselm|title=A life-long Focus on Knowledge and Healing|url=http://www.trans-4-m.com/community/trans4m-senior-fellows/anselm-adodo-nigeria/|website=Trans4m|accessdate=12 May 2017}}</ref> and so he joined the Monastery in November 1987.
===Family and Personal Life===
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Adodo is the third of five children of his parents. Bankole Adodo, Funke Adodo, Anselm Adodo, Bandele(Dele) Adodo, and Omotola(Tola) Adodo are all siblings of same parents.<ref name="AdodoAnselm2017" /> Adebayo Adodo was the son of Adesida, a prominent Akure businessman. Mrs Mary Adodo (née Falodun) is the daughter Peter falodun.


He obtained a [[Higher Diploma]] in [[Scholastic Philosophy]] from the [[Ewu Monastery]] in 1992 and a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in [[Religious Studies]] from the [[University of Nigeria, Nsukka]], in 1995.
===Education and Monastic Journey===


In 1997, he obtained a Master's degree in [[Systematic Theology]] from [[Duquesne University]] and a PhD in [[Medical Sociology]] from the [[University of Benin (Nigeria)]] in 2017.
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In 1979, Adodo joined the St. Thomas Aquinas College Akure to begin his [[secondary school]] education. By the year 1985, he had successfully completed his secondary school education and was awarded a [[West African Senior School Certificate Examination|West African school certificate]]. When he visited [[Ewu Monastery]] in 1987, it was the peace and tranquility of the natural environment that really struck him.<ref name="AlifeLongFocus">{{cite web|last1=Adodo|first1=Anselm|title=A life-long Focus on Knowledge and Healing|url=http://www.trans-4-m.com/community/trans4m-senior-fellows/anselm-adodo-nigeria/|website=Trans4m|accessdate=12 May 2017}}</ref> Finally, in November 1987, he abandoned his university admission in order to join the monastery.<ref name="AlifeLongFocus" />


The Da Vinci Institute in South Africa awarded him a PhD (Management of Technology and Innovation Systems) in 2015 for his doctoral studies, which started in 2012.
As a monk of [[Ewu Monastery]], he obtained a [[Higher Diploma]] in [[Scholastic Philosophy]] from [[Ewu Monastery]] studium of [[Philosophy]] in 1992.<ref name="AdodoAnselm2017" /> Thereafter, Adodo went on to the [[University of Nigeria, Nsukka]], in Enugu State Nigeria, to further his academic career and it was there he studied till 1995 before he was award a Bachelor of Art in [[Religious Studies]]. His next academic effort was with [[Duquesne University]], Pennsylvania, USA starting in 1995 until 1997 where he was awarded a master's degree [[Systematic Theology]]. Also, from 2015 he studied at [[University of Benin (Nigeria)]] which earned him a Ph.D in [[Medical Sociology]] by 2017. Da vinci Institute, South Africa also awarded him a Ph.D (Management of Technology and Innovation systems) 2015 for his doctoral studies which he started in 2012.


He is an adjunct professor at Institute of African Studies (IAS), University of Ibadan, Nigeria (where he teaches [[African Transformation Studies]] and [[Traditional African Medicine]])<ref name="AdodoAnselm2017" /> and is also Chief Executive Officer at [[Paxherbals]]<ref>{{cite web|title=About Paxherbals|url=http://paxherbals.net/about|website=Pax Herbal Clinic and Research Laboratories|accessdate=15 May 2017|ref=paxabout}}</ref> and director of Ofure(Pax) Integral Research and Development Initiative.<ref name="AdodoAnselm2017" />
He is an adjunct professor at the [[Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria|Institute of African Studies]] (IAS), the University of [[Ibadan, Nigeria]] (where he teaches African Transformation Studies and [[Traditional African Medicine]]),<ref name="AdodoAnselm2017" /> and he is also the Chief Executive Officer at [[Paxherbals]]<ref>{{cite web|title=About Paxherbals|url=http://paxherbals.net/about|website=Pax Herbal Clinic and Research Laboratories|accessdate=15 May 2017|ref=paxabout}}</ref> and the director of Ofure (Pax) Integral Research and Development Initiative.<ref name="AdodoAnselm2017" />

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==Alternative medicine==


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==Alternative Medicine==
===Philosophy===
===Philosophy===
Adodo prefers the term "African Medicine" to "Traditional Medicine". He defines African medicine as a system of healing grounded in an African world view, culture, and accumulated beliefs and practices, which proffers solutions to physical and spiritual ailments through the use of herbs and other plants. African medicine, he believes, is founded on indigenous, biological, and medico-spiritual theories and concept of the human body; the role of the individual as a member of the community; and their relationship with the community, with the environment and with nature.<ref name="ARI april 2015" />
Adodo prefers the term "African medicine" to "[[traditional medicine]]". He defines [[Africa]]n medicine as a system of healing grounded in an African worldview, culture, and accumulated beliefs and practices, which uses herbs and other plants to solve physical and spiritual ailments. African medicine, he believes, is founded on indigenous, biological, and medico-spiritual theories and concepts of the human body, the role of the individual as a member of the community, and their relationship with the community, with the environment and with nature.<ref name="ARI april 2015" />


===Background===
===Background===
In the early 1990s, Adodo undertook his first study on how people survive based on what they have: indigenous knowledge. Traveling around [[Nigeria]] at the time, he was amazed by what he observed. He saw native traditional healers and how they struggled but also how they healed and cured people. Adodo said, he felt called to preserved their knowledge. They were not documenting their knowledge and what they know was too valuable to lose.<ref name="ARI april 2015">{{cite journal|last1=Itchen|first1=Jame etal|title=Modern African Remedies - Herbal Medicine and Community Development in Nigeria|journal=Policy Voice Series|date=April 2015|issue=April 2015|url=http://www.africaresearchinstitute.org/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ARI-Policy-Voice-Pax-Herbal-download.pdf|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref>
Adodo first began studying alternative medicine in the early 1990s. He traveled around [[Nigeria]] and spoke with traditional healers, and Adodo said he felt called to preserve their knowledge in writings.<ref name="ARI april 2015">{{cite journal|last1=Itchen|first1=Jame|display-authors=etal|title=Modern African Remedies - Herbal Medicine and Community Development in Nigeria|journal=Policy Voice Series|date=April 2015|issue=April 2015|url=http://www.africaresearchinstitute.org/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ARI-Policy-Voice-Pax-Herbal-download.pdf|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref>

He made a commitment to start documenting herbal remedies. Adodo said he explained to the traditional healers he encountered that this was the only way their knowledge would survive. The time had come to move [[indigenous knowledge]] from [[implicit knowledge]], passed from one generation to the next orally, to [[explicit knowledge]] that was documented and shared more widely. That in doing so, more people could build on it.<ref name="ARI april 2015" /> Indigenous medicinal knowledge has a unique place in healing and well-being.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Okafor|first1=Onna|title=Herbal medicine should be modernised and professionalised|url=http://pulse.ng/health/father-anselm-adodo-herbal-medicine-should-be-modernised-and-professionalised-pax-herbals-founder-says-id3824679.html|website=Pulse Ng|accessdate=16 May 2017|ref=PusleNgJune2015}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
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Adodo is the third of five children of his parents. Bankole, Funke, Bandele (Dele), and Omotola (Tola) are the names of his siblings.<ref name="AdodoAnselm2017" />


==Honours==
==Honours==
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* ''New Frontiers in African Medicine'' (2005). Lagos: Metropolitan Publishers; Herbal Medicine and the Revival of African Civilization (2010). Lagos: Zoe Communications
* ''New Frontiers in African Medicine'' (2005). Lagos: Metropolitan Publishers; Herbal Medicine and the Revival of African Civilization (2010). Lagos: Zoe Communications
* ''Disease and Dietary Patterns in Edo Central Nigeria. An epidemiological survey'' (2013) Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing
* ''Disease and Dietary Patterns in Edo Central Nigeria. An epidemiological survey'' (2013) Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing
* ''Nature Power: Natural Medicine in Tropical Africa'' (2013 revised edition). UK: AuthorHouse
* ''Nature Power: Natural Medicine in Tropical Africa'' (2013 revised edition). UK: Author House
* ''Integral Community Enterprise in Africa. Communitalism as an Alternative to Capitalism'' (2017) London: Routledge.
* ''Integral Community Enterprise in Africa. Communitalism as an Alternative to Capitalism'' (2017) London: Routledge.

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==Notes==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Ronnie, Lessem (2016). [https://books.google.com.ng/books?id=CSM3DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA385&lpg=PA385 The Integrators: The Next Evolution in Leadership, Knowledge and Value Creation]. Routledge. pp.&nbsp;385, 540. {{ISBN|978-1472481214}}. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
* Ronnie, Lessem (2016). [https://books.google.com/books?id=CSM3DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA385&lpg=PA385 The Integrators: The Next Evolution in Leadership, Knowledge and Value Creation]. Routledge. pp.&nbsp;385, 540. {{ISBN|978-1472481214}}. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
* Ewu, Monastery(2004). [https://books.google.com/books?isbn=9788018491 The Story of Ewu Monastery]. St. Benedict Monastery. {{ISBN|978-9788018490}}. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
* Ewu, Monastery (2004). [https://books.google.com/books?isbn=9788018491 The Story of Ewu Monastery]. St. Benedict Monastery. {{ISBN|978-9788018490}}. Retrieved 15 May 2017.


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.paxafrican.org Ofure-Pax Integral Research and Development Initiative (OFIRDI)]
* [https://pax-africana.org/ Ofure-Pax Integral Research and Development Initiative (OFIRDI)]

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Reverend Fr.
Anselm Adodo
OSB
Gbenga
Born1969
Akure, Ondo State
NationalityNigerian
Alma mater(Ph.D), Da Vinci Institute, South Africa
OccupationSocial Scientist
Years active2000-present
Employer(s)Paxherbals, University of Ibadan
Known forPromoting Traditional African Medicine, Healthy nutrition and lifestyle in Africa
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity
ChurchRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City
OrdainedJanuary 4, 1997
Writing career
GenreAlternative medicine, Epidemiology, Traditional African medicine,
Notable awardsEntrepreneur of the year Alternative medicine – Association of West African Journalists
2012
Websitewww.adodoanselm.com

Adodo Anselm Gbenga (born 1969) is a Nigerian scholar who has advocated for alternative medicine.[1] He is also a Benedictine monk and priest of the Roman Catholic Church in Edo State, Nigeria.

He founded Nigeria’s first alternative medicine and research laboratory enterprise, called Pax Herbal Clinic and Research Laboratories, in 1997.[2]

He also has written several books on alternative medicine, nutrition, health and epidemiology.[3]

Education and career

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In 1979, Adodo joined St. Thomas Aquinas College Akure to begin his secondary school education. By 1985, he had successfully completed his secondary school education and was awarded a West African school certificate. When he visited the Ewu Monastery in 1987, it was the peace and tranquillity of the natural environment that really struck him,[4] and so he joined the Monastery in November 1987.

He obtained a Higher Diploma in Scholastic Philosophy from the Ewu Monastery in 1992 and a BA in Religious Studies from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in 1995.

In 1997, he obtained a Master's degree in Systematic Theology from Duquesne University and a PhD in Medical Sociology from the University of Benin (Nigeria) in 2017.

The Da Vinci Institute in South Africa awarded him a PhD (Management of Technology and Innovation Systems) in 2015 for his doctoral studies, which started in 2012.

He is an adjunct professor at the Institute of African Studies (IAS), the University of Ibadan, Nigeria (where he teaches African Transformation Studies and Traditional African Medicine),[2] and he is also the Chief Executive Officer at Paxherbals[5] and the director of Ofure (Pax) Integral Research and Development Initiative.[2]

Alternative medicine

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Philosophy

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Adodo prefers the term "African medicine" to "traditional medicine". He defines African medicine as a system of healing grounded in an African worldview, culture, and accumulated beliefs and practices, which uses herbs and other plants to solve physical and spiritual ailments. African medicine, he believes, is founded on indigenous, biological, and medico-spiritual theories and concepts of the human body, the role of the individual as a member of the community, and their relationship with the community, with the environment and with nature.[6]

Background

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Adodo first began studying alternative medicine in the early 1990s. He traveled around Nigeria and spoke with traditional healers, and Adodo said he felt called to preserve their knowledge in writings.[6]

Personal life

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Adodo is the third of five children of his parents. Bankole, Funke, Bandele (Dele), and Omotola (Tola) are the names of his siblings.[2]

Honours

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  • Fellow, Nigeria Society of Botanists[2]

Works

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Adodo has written books which includes:

  • Herbs for healing. Receiving God’s Healing Through nature (1997). Ilorin: Decency Printers
  • Nature power - A Christian Approach to Herbal Medicine (2000). Akure: Don Bosco Publishers
  • The Healing Radiance of the Soul. A Guide to Holistic Healing (2003). Lagos: Agelex Publication
  • New Frontiers in African Medicine (2005). Lagos: Metropolitan Publishers; Herbal Medicine and the Revival of African Civilization (2010). Lagos: Zoe Communications
  • Disease and Dietary Patterns in Edo Central Nigeria. An epidemiological survey (2013) Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing
  • Nature Power: Natural Medicine in Tropical Africa (2013 revised edition). UK: Author House
  • Integral Community Enterprise in Africa. Communitalism as an Alternative to Capitalism (2017) London: Routledge.

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Anselm Adodo Archives". Vimas News. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  2. ^ a b c d e Adodo, Anselm (2017). Integral Community Enterprise in Africa: Communitalism as an Alternative to Capitalism. Taylor & Francis. p. 8. ISBN 978-1138636798.
  3. ^ Adodo, Anslem (17 March 2020). "Healing Plants of Nigeria: Ethnomedicine and Therapeutic Applications". ResearchGate.
  4. ^ Adodo, Anselm. "A life-long Focus on Knowledge and Healing". Trans4m. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  5. ^ "About Paxherbals". Pax Herbal Clinic and Research Laboratories. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  6. ^ a b Itchen, Jame; et al. (April 2015). "Modern African Remedies - Herbal Medicine and Community Development in Nigeria" (PDF). Policy Voice Series (April 2015). Retrieved 1 May 2017.

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