There was once a time, during my younger years, when a popular black herbal tonic known as Gbogbohunse Epa Ijebu—meaning “the Ijebu cure-all”—was widely believed to be the remedy for every ailment.
The Last Supper, depicted in the stained-glass windows of the Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, in Rome Credit: iStock/PaoloGaetano One Holy Saturday sometime in the 10th century, a married ...