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Wade Davis
Edmund Wade Davis (born December 14 1953 in Smithers, British Columbia, Canada) is a noted anthropologist and ethnobotanist whose work has usually focused on the observation and analysis of the customs, beliefs, and social relations of indigenous cultures in North and South America, particularly the traditional uses and beliefs associated with plants with psychoactive properties. Among Davis' many books are The Serpent and the Rainbow (about the process of zombiefication in Haiti) (1986), Passage of Darkness (1988), One River (1996), and Shadows in the Sun (1998).
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