Laura A. Foster is an assistant professor of gender studies at Indiana University–Bloomington with affiliations in African studies and the Maurer School of Law. She is also a senior researcher with the Intellectual Property Unit at the University of Cape Town Faculty of Law.

• Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Chronology Introduction | Peoples, Plants, and Patents in South Africa 1. Colonial Science and Hoodia as a Scientific Object 2. San Demands for Benefits by Knowing !Khoba as a Plantfrom Nature 3. South African Scientists and the Patenting of Hoodiaas a Molecule 4. Botanical Drug Discovery of Hoodia, from Solid Drugto Liquid Food 5. Hoodia Growers and the Making of Hoodia as a CultivatedPlant Epilogue | Implications of a Feminist Decolonial Technoscience Appendix 1: Community Protocols and Research Guidelinesfor Working with Indigenous Peoples Appendix 2: Strategies for Patent Litigation Notes Bibliography Index

Laura A. Foster is an assistant professor of gender studies at Indiana University–Bloomington with affiliations in African studies and the Maurer School of Law. She is also a senior researcher with the Intellectual Property Unit at the University of Cape Town Faculty of Law.

• Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Chronology Introduction | Peoples, Plants, and Patents in South Africa 1. Colonial Science and Hoodia as a Scientific Object 2. San Demands for Benefits by Knowing !Khoba as a Plantfrom Nature 3. South African Scientists and the Patenting of Hoodiaas a Molecule 4. Botanical Drug Discovery of Hoodia, from Solid Drugto Liquid Food 5. Hoodia Growers and the Making of Hoodia as a CultivatedPlant Epilogue | Implications of a Feminist Decolonial Technoscience Appendix 1: Community Protocols and Research Guidelinesfor Working with Indigenous Peoples Appendix 2: Strategies for Patent Litigation Notes Bibliography Index

Laura A. Foster is an assistant professor of gender studies at Indiana University–Bloomington with affiliations in African studies and the Maurer School of Law. She is also a senior researcher with the Intellectual Property Unit at the University of Cape Town Faculty of Law.

• Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Chronology Introduction | Peoples, Plants, and Patents in South Africa 1. Colonial Science and Hoodia as a Scientific Object 2. San Demands for Benefits by Knowing !Khoba as a Plantfrom Nature 3. South African Scientists and the Patenting of Hoodiaas a Molecule 4. Botanical Drug Discovery of Hoodia, from Solid Drugto Liquid Food 5. Hoodia Growers and the Making of Hoodia as a CultivatedPlant Epilogue | Implications of a Feminist Decolonial Technoscience Appendix 1: Community Protocols and Research Guidelinesfor Working with Indigenous Peoples Appendix 2: Strategies for Patent Litigation Notes Bibliography Index