Description: ISBN: 9780415956208 At the turn of the 20th century, African societies witnessed the suppression of indigenous healing specialists as missionary proselytization and colonial rule increased. Governments, medical practitioners and academics focused little attention or resources on the production of"traditional" medicine, despite its potential use for advancing health care delivery to millions of people in rural communities and providing the basis for a medicinal industry. Focusing on the case of Ghana,Indigenous Medicine and Knowledge in African Societyinvestigates the ways in which healers and indigenous archives of cultural knowledge conceptualize and interpret medicine and healing. In order to unearth these prevailing concepts, Konadu utilizes in-depth interviews, plant samples, material culture, linguistics, and other sources. This groundbreaking study of indigenous knowledge has important implications for the study of medical and knowledge systems in Africa and the African Diaspora worldwide. By closely examining a range of multidisciplinary sources and utilizing fieldwork in the Takyiman district of central Ghana, the book contributes a new dimension to the study of health and healing systems in the African context and offers scholars, students, and general readers a vital reference. This is an ex-library book in very good condition.
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Subject Area: African Studies, Indigenous Medicine
Publication Name: Indigenous Medicine and Knowledge in African Society
Publisher: Routledge
Item Length: 9.3in.
Subject: Medicine, African Studies, History, Politics, Economics, and Culture
Publication Year: 2007
Series: African Studies
Type: Textbook
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 0.7in.
Educational Level: Adult & Further Education
Author: Kwasi Konadu
Level: Advanced
Features: Ex-Library, Rare, 1st Edition, Out of Print, Practically new, No signs of use, Library stamps only along text block and title page
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Unit Quantity: 1
Item Width: 6.2in.
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 240