In my youth we raised peanuts and raw is after they have been dried because straight out of ground (we called them green) will give you bad case of upset stomach at least they did me and all old folks warned the children about eating green peanuts. After couple weeks drying in sun they could be safely eaten although my grandparents usually roasted them lightly in the shell.
Just my own experience.

John 

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I listened again, and it does appear that he meant that Bambara groundnut can be eaten either raw or boiled:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW_re4Lgx1g
1:23 "It has less oil than peanut does, but it has higher protein. So it's used in a number of ways. It's quite often actually taken before it's fully mature and eaten raw, after boiling, or it's potentially converted into things like roast peanuts, effectively. It's used as a weaning milk in some countries and more recently it's been used experimentally ... as a partial flour replacement."

Plus, I found confirmation that it is eaten raw at times in Africa:

Bambara Groundnut
... a Link from the Past and Resource for the Future http://forest.mtu.edu/pcforestry/resources/studentprojects/jon/Groundnuts.html
"Harvesting the Bambara Groundnut is similar to the peanut. The plant is pulled from the soil exposing the nut which grows beneath the ground. The nuts are then pulled off the plant, dried and stored or eaten raw."