Father Dr Anselm Adodo

Father Dr. Anselm Adodo is a pioneer in alternative medicine, based in Ewu-Esan, Edo State, Nigeria. He is the founder of alternative medicine enterprise Pax Herbals, Nigeria’s largest manufacturer of medicinal products based on traditional African herbal Medicine. With Pax Herbals, Adodo brought to life a force for healing people, Nigerian society and global change. He and his team use the theory of Communitalism to transform and develop communities and education. Adodo, who is a Benedictine monk, lives in the Ewu Monastery, Edo State, where the first seeds of Pax Herbals were planted. He is adjunct professor at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Adodo authored many books, such as Herbs for Healing (1997), New Frontiers in African Medicine (2005), Nature Power (2013) and Integral Community Enterprise in Africa (2017). Father Anselm Adodo inspires societal change and harvests traditional knowledge in a sustainable way, embedding it in modern African culture and teaching young minds.  www.paxherbals.net