| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Augustine A Aryee |
| Date | 1983 |
| Short Title | The Coexistence of Traditional and Modern Medicine in Nigeria |
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| Call Number | PhD |
| Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | David Baronov |
| Place | Philadelphia |
| Publisher | Temple University Press |
| Date | 2008 |
| ISBN | 1592139159 |
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| Call Number | GN645 .B37 2008 |
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| Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Beginning with the colonial era, Western biomedicine has radically transformed African medical beliefs and practices. Conversely, in using Western biomedicine, Africans have also transformed it. The African Transformation of Western Medicine and the Dynamics of Global Cultural Exchange contends that contemporary African medical systems—no less “biomedical” than Western medicine—in fact greatly enrich and expand the notion of biomedicine, reframing it as a global cultural form deployed across global networks of cultural exchange. The book analyzes biomedicine as a complex and dynamic sociocultural form, the conceptual premises of which make it necessarily subject to ongoing change and development as it travels the globe. David Baronov captures the complexities of this cultural exchange by using world-systems analysis in a way that places global cultural processes on equal footing with political and economic processes. In doing so, he both allows the story of Africa’s transformation of “Western” biomedicine to be told and offers new insights into the capitalist world system.
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | G. L Chavunduka |
| Place | Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe |
| ISBN | 0908307403 |
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| Call Number | GR358.6 .C48 1994 |
| Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | C. A Dime |
| Place | Ekpoma, Nigeria |
| Publisher | Edo State University Pub. House |
| Date | 1995 |
| ISBN | 9782100048 |
| Short Title | African Traditional Medicine |
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| Call Number | GR880 .D55 1995 |
| Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Toyin Falola |
| Editor | Matthew M Heaton |
| Place | Durham, N.C |
| Publisher | Carolina Academic Press |
| Date | 2008 |
| ISBN | 1594602433 |
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| Call Number | R651 .H43 2008 |
| Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:51:22 2011 |
| Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:51:22 2011 |
Health care in sub-Saharan Africa is and will continue to be an issue of utmost importance in the twenty-first century. As the HIV/AIDS pandemic ravages the continent, the stakes heighten not only to provide effective and efficient health care to African communities, but also to disseminate knowledge about health-seeking behavior and to instill belief among people in the possibility of leading a healthy existence. Health Knowledge and Belief Systems in Africa raises questions and offers analysis on many issues related to how health and illness are understood by communities in Africa, as well as how health knowledge and beliefs are disseminated and utilized to provide health services to African populations. The chapters in this book derive from many different disciplinary approaches and cover regions across sub-Saharan Africa, thus offering a holistic glimpse at the knowledge and belief systems functioning in Africa and the ways that these systems contribute to health care access and delivery in the world’s most endangered continent.
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Charles M Good |
| Place | New York |
| Publisher | Guilford Press |
| Date | 1987 |
| ISBN | 0898627796 |
| Short Title | Ethnomedical Systems in Africa |
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| Call Number | GR350 .G6 1987 |
| Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:51:22 2011 |
| Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:51:22 2011 |
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | W. D Hammond-Tooke |
| Series | Paper books |
| Place | Johannesburg |
| Publisher | Ad. Donker |
| Date | 1989 |
| ISBN | 0868521108 |
| Short Title | Rituals and Medicines |
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| Call Number | GR350 .H28 1989 |
| Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:51:22 2011 |
| Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:51:22 2011 |
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Pascal James Imperato |
| Place | Baltimore |
| Publisher | York Press |
| Date | 1977 |
| ISBN | 0912752084 |
| Short Title | African Folk Medicine |
| Library Catalog | library.bu.edu.ezproxy.bu.edu Library Catalog |
| Call Number | DT551.42 .I46 |
| Date Added | Sat Oct 1 16:51:22 2011 |
| Modified | Sat Oct 1 16:51:22 2011 |
A study about culture and medicine in Mali, West Africa.
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Ayodele Samuel Jegede |
| Place | Ibadan, Nigeria |
| Publisher | Stirling-Horden |
| Date | 1998 |
| ISBN | 9782063525 |
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| Call Number | RA418.3.N6 J445 1998 |
| Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Modified | Sat Nov 26 21:05:07 2011 |
A book about African traditional perceptions of health, disease, illness, and sickness. Based on research study in Nigeria, the author surveys sociocultural factors influencing theraeutic choice, the role of education, information and communication in health care delivery. The author also discusses new ideas about health care programs and services.
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Kwasi Konadu |
| Place | New York |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Date | 2007 |
| ISBN | 9780415956208 |
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| Call Number | GN645 .K65 2007 |
| Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
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 Society investigates 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.
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Thomas A Lambo |
| Author | University of Ibadan |
| Place | Ibadan |
| Publisher | Ibadan University Press |
| Date | 1963 |
| Short Title | African Traditional Beliefs |
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| Call Number | R651 .L35 |
| Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Andrew P. Lyons |
| Author | Harriet D. Lyons |
| Publication | Journal of Ritual Studies |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 103-136 |
| Date | Wint 1987 |
| ISSN | 0890-1112 |
| Short Title | Magical medicine on television |
| Library Catalog | EBSCOhost |
| Date Added | Thu Dec 8 14:29:01 2011 |
| Modified | Thu Dec 8 14:29:01 2011 |
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Taiwo E Mafimisebi |
| Author | Adegboyega E Oguntade |
| Abstract | ABSTRACT: Agrarian rural dwellers in Nigeria produce about 95% of locally grown food commodities. The low accessibility to and affordability of orthodox medicine by rural dwellers and their need to keep healthy to be economically productive, have led to their dependence on traditional medicine. This paper posits an increasing acceptance of traditional medicine country-wide and advanced reasons for this trend. The fact that traditional medicine practitioners' concept of disease is on a wider plane vis-a-vis orthodox medicine practitioners' has culminated in some socio-cultural and magico-religious practices observed in preparation and use of plant medicines for farmers' health management. Possible scientific reasons were advanced for some of these practices to show the nexus between traditional medicine and orthodox medicine. The paper concludes that the psychological aspect of traditional medicine are reflected in its socio-cultural and magico-religious practices and suggests that government should fund research into traditional medicine to identify components of it that can be integrated into the national health system. |
| Publication | Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1 |
| Date | Jan 20, 2010 |
| Journal Abbr | J Ethnobiol Ethnomed |
| DOI | 10.1186/1746-4269-6-1 |
| ISSN | 1746-4269 |
| Short Title | Preparation and use of plant medicines for farmers' health in Southwest Nigeria |
| Accessed | Sat Jan 23 11:55:32 2010 |
| Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
| Extra | PMID: 20089149 |
| Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:04:35 2011 |
| Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:04:35 2011 |
Agrarian rural dwellers in Nigeria produce about 95% of locally grown food commodities. The low accessibility to and affordability of orthodox medicine by rural dwellers and their need to keep healthy to be economically productive, have led to their dependence on traditional medicine. This paper posits an increasing acceptance of traditional medicine country-wide and advanced reasons for this trend. The fact that traditional medicine practitioners' concept of disease is on a wider plane vis-à-vis orthodox medicine practitioners' has culminated in some socio-cultural and magico-religious practices observed in preparation and use of plant medicines for farmers' health management. Possible scientific reasons were advanced for some of these practices to show the nexus between traditional medicine and orthodox medicine. The paper concludes that the psychological aspect of traditional medicine are reflected in its socio-cultural and magico-religious practices and suggests that government should fund research into traditional medicine to identify components of it that can be integrated into the national health system.
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | M. Akin Makinde |
| Series | Monographs in international studies |
| Series Number | no.53 |
| Place | Athens, Ohio |
| Publisher | Ohio University Center for International Studies |
| Date | 1988 |
| ISBN | 0896801527 |
| Library Catalog | library.bu.edu.ezproxy.bu.edu Library Catalog |
| Call Number | DT1 |
| Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Thandisizwe Redford Mavundla |
| Author | Fulufelo Godfrey Netswera |
| Author | Brian Bottoman |
| Author | Ferenc Toth |
| Abstract | This article presents research findings based on the meaning of indigenous circumcision to Xhosa men in South Africa. In South Africa, male circumcision is a rite of passage from adolescence to adulthood. The country has experienced serious problems associated with the practice of this rite ranging from dehydration to death in the traditional "bush" circumcision schools. A qualitative, endogenous research DESIGN: "How do you experience having a son who is undergoing the circumcision rite?" The study revealed cultural circumcision as a "sacred religious practice" with five themes, namely (a) readiness of Xhosa families to engage in the circumcision ritual, (b) the act of circumcision and preparation for manhood, (c) the importance of symbolic purity during the circumcision ritual, (d) celebrating acquired manhood, and (5) aspects of manhood and the rejection of clinical care. Secondary to this are health promotion recommendations made for individuals involved in this ritual. |
| Publication | Journal of Transcultural Nursing: Official Journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 395-404 |
| Date | Oct 2009 |
| Journal Abbr | J Transcult Nurs |
| DOI | 10.1177/1043659609340801 |
| ISSN | 1043-6596 |
| Short Title | Rationalization of indigenous male circumcision as a sacred religious custom |
| URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezproxy.bu.edu/pubmed/19587214 |
| Accessed | Mon Oct 19 20:35:49 2009 |
| Library Catalog | NCBI PubMed |
| Extra | PMID: 19587214 |
| Date Added | Thu Sep 29 09:05:21 2011 |
| Modified | Thu Sep 29 09:05:21 2011 |
This article presents research findings based on the meaning of indigenous circumcision to Xhosa men in South Africa. In South Africa, male circumcision is a rite of passage from adolescence to adulthood. The country has experienced serious problems associated with the practice of this rite ranging from dehydration to death in the traditional "bush" circumcision schools. A qualitative, endogenous research DESIGN: "How do you experience having a son who is undergoing the circumcision rite?" The study revealed cultural circumcision as a "sacred religious practice" with five themes, namely (a) readiness of Xhosa families to engage in the circumcision ritual, (b) the act of circumcision and preparation for manhood, (c) the importance of symbolic purity during the circumcision ritual, (d) celebrating acquired manhood, and (5) aspects of manhood and the rejection of clinical care. Secondary to this are health promotion recommendations made for individuals involved in this ritual.
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Norman N Miller |
| Place | Hanover, N.H |
| Publisher | American Universities Field Staff |
| Date | 1980 |
| Short Title | Traditional Medicine in East Africa |
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| Call Number | JA1.A1 |
| Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Nancy Romero-Daza |
| Abstract | Traditional medicine is the main, and often the only, source of medical care for a great proportion of the population of the developing world. Systems of traditional medicine are usually rooted in long-standing cultural traditions, take a holistic approach to health, and are community based. The World Health Organization has long recognized the central role traditional systems of care can play in efforts to provide primary health care, especially in rural areas. This article provides an overview of national policies adopted by African governments following World Health Organization recommendations for the incorporation of traditional and allopathic systems of care. |
| Publication | Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science |
| Volume | 583 |
| Pages | 173-176 |
| Date | Sep., 2002 |
| ISSN | 00027162 |
| URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/1049695 |
| Accessed | Tue Nov 10 01:17:19 2009 |
| Library Catalog | JSTOR |
| Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Issue Title: Global Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Medicine / Full publication date: Sep., 2002 / Copyright © 2002 American Academy of Political and Social Science |
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| Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Traditional medicine is the main, and often the only, source of medical care for a great proportion of the population of the developing world. Systems of traditional medicine are usually rooted in long-standing cultural traditions, take a holistic approach to health, and are community based. The World Health Organization has long recognized the central role traditional systems of care can play in efforts to provide primary health care, especially in rural areas. This article provides an overview of national policies adopted by African governments following World Health Organization recommendations for the incorporation of traditional and allopathic systems of care.
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Tabona Shoko |
| Series | Vitality of indigenous religions |
| Place | Aldershot, England |
| Publisher | Ashgate |
| Date | 2007 |
| ISBN | 9780754658818 |
| Short Title | Karanga Indigenous Religion in Zimbabwe |
| Library Catalog | library.bu.edu.ezproxy.bu.edu Library Catalog |
| Call Number | DT2913.K38 S46 2007 |
| Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
Tabona Shoko contends that religion and healing are intricately intertwined in African religions. This book on the religion of the Karanga people of Zimbabwe sheds light on important methodological issues relevant to research in the study of African religions. Analysing the traditional Karanga views of the causes of illness and disease, mechanisms of diagnosis at their disposal and the methods they use to restore health, Shoko discusses the views of a specific African Independent Church of the Apostolic tradition. The conclusion Shoko reaches about the central religious concerns of the Karanga people is derived from detailed field research consisting of interviews and participant observation. This book testifies that the centrality of health and well-being is not only confined to traditional religion but reflects its adaptive potential in new religious systems manifest in the phenomenon of Independent Churches. Rather than succumbing to the folly of static generalizations, Tabona Shoko offers important insights into a particular society upon which theories can be reassessed, adding new dimensions to modern features of the religious scene in Africa.
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Contributor | Chacha Nyaigotti Chacha |
| Contributor | Mary Peter Kanunah |
| Editor | Isaac Sindiga |
| Place | Nairobi |
| Publisher | East African Educational Publishers |
| Date | 1995 |
| ISBN | 9966465480 |
| Library Catalog | library.bu.edu.ezproxy.bu.edu Library Catalog |
| Call Number | GR350 .T73 1995 |
| Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
The inaccessibility of biomedicine to most of Africa’s population because of escalating costs has necessitated a search for alternative ways of managing illnesses. Traditional medicine, which has always been practised in the indigenous cultures, is fast filling this therapeutic gap. This book is a collection of essays based on a multidisciplinary approach to traditional medicine in Africa. It has contributions from social scientists, natural resource experts, traditional medical practitioners, educationists, and medical scholars. It attempts to define the problems of traditional medicine in Africa, while also discussing the conceptual foundations of African ethnomedicine and medical pluralism.
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Robert Voeks |
| Abstract | African-derived ethnomedical systems are visible elements of the New World cultural landscape. Rejected by Western medicine, African healing systems have survived and flourished in the Americas since the beginning of the slave trade. Historical introduction of African magico-medical systems, the social and economic factors that facilitated their survival, and the role of plant geography in their persistence are examined. Questions of origin, ethnomedical typology, religion, and syncretism, magic and power, and collective medicinal plant knowledge are considered. |
| Publication | Geographical Review |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 66-78 |
| Date | Jan., 1993 |
| ISSN | 00167428 |
| URL | http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.bu.edu/stable/215381 |
| Accessed | Mon Nov 9 00:05:15 2009 |
| Library Catalog | JSTOR |
| Extra | ArticleType: primary_article / Full publication date: Jan., 1993 / Copyright © 1993 American Geographical Society |
| Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
African-derived ethnomedical systems are visible elements of the New World cultural landscape. Rejected by Western medicine, African healing systems have survived and flourished in the Americas since the beginning of the slave trade. Historical introduction of African magico-medical systems, the social and economic factors that facilitated their survival, and the role of plant geography in their persistence are examined. Questions of origin, ethnomedical typology, religion, and syncretism, magic and power, and collective medicinal plant knowledge are considered.
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Gloria Martha Waite |
| Place | Lewiston, N.Y |
| Publisher | E. Mellen Press |
| Date | 1992 |
| ISBN | 0773497072 |
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| Call Number | R653.Z33 W35 1992 |
| Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
This study reconstructs the medical history of people in eastern Zambia and the Kilombero valley in south-central Tanzania over a period of about 2000 years. It is based on written and personal interviews.
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Michael Wood |
| Contributor | David Coulson |
| Edition | 1st American ed |
| Place | New York |
| Publisher | Clarkson N. Potter |
| Date | 1987 |
| ISBN | 0517566559 |
| Short Title | Different Drums |
| Library Catalog | library.bu.edu.ezproxy.bu.edu Library Catalog |
| Call Number | RA996.55.K4 W66 1987 |
| Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Jo Thobeka Wreford |
| Series | Epistemologies of healing |
| Series Number | v. 3 |
| Place | New York |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books |
| Date | 2008 |
| ISBN | 9781845454760 |
| Short Title | Working with Spirit |
| Library Catalog | library.bu.edu.ezproxy.bu.edu Library Catalog |
| Call Number | GR358 .W74 2008 |
| Date Added | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
| Modified | Sat Oct 1 17:02:41 2011 |
In the current model of health dispensation in South Africa there are two major paradigms, the spirit-inspired tradition of izangoma sinyanga, and biomedicine. These operate at best in parallel, but more often than not are at odds with one another. This book, based on the author s personal experience as a practitioner of traditional African medicine, considers the effects of the absence of spirit in biomedicine on collaborative relationships. Given the unprecedented challenge of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country, the author suggests that more cooperation is vital. Taking a critical look at the role of anthropology in this endeavor, she proposes the development of a language of spirit by means of which the spirit-inspired aetiology of izangoma sinyanga may be made comprehensible to academic scientists and applicable to medical interventions. The author discusses white izangoma in the context of current debates on healing and hybridity and insists that there exists a powerful role for izangoma in the realm of societal healing. Above all, the book constitutes a start in what the author hopes will develop into an ongoing intellectual conversation between traditional African healing, academe and biomedicine in South Africa.