In the south Katanga, visitors were surprised that there was no malaria at all. When people from towns and other villages where busy looking for protecting themselves from getting bite by mosquitoes, in that village people were free because they didn't know this kind of sickness. Malaria. It was unknown from villagers but the head of the village knew that malaria exists.
To all new arrival in the village, the chief's task was to prescribe the terrible vegetable which was bitter but very important for protecting against malaria.
One supposed to eat this vegetable three times per week for new arrivals in the village and it helps really.
The name of this vegetable was called Mutete others were calling it mboga buchungu.
I was young and I was thinking why this plant could not be studied to see if it could help the treatment of malaria in our African countries.
Mutete or mbiga buchungu, an important vegetable as a malaria prevention. Mutate cannot confused with Mutyetye. Mutyetye is salty contrary to Mutete which is bitter. Maybe our scientist from Congo DR can test it, I hope that even those from Zambia could know it.
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Truly speaking, in the profound Katanga, we didn't know malaria and we were bitten by mosquitoes but malaria was unknown and noone suffered with this sickness. Late in the 70s when the big mining company was successful, all the water which was running in streets were fumigated and in the locations of this mining malaria also was unknown.
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