Indigenous Medicine and Knowledge in African Society
Author:   Kwasi B. Konadu (Borough of Manhattan Community College, USA) ,  Kwasi B Konadu (Borough of Manhattan Community College, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415803335


Pages:   244
Publication Date:   06 March 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Indigenous Medicine and Knowledge in African Society


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Investigates the ways in which healers and indigenous archives of cultural knowledge conceptualize and interpret medicine and healing. This work unearths prevailing concepts of medicine, by utilizes in-depth interviews, medicinal samples, material culture, Akan linguistics, and historical and archaeological sources.

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Author:   Kwasi B. Konadu (Borough of Manhattan Community College, USA) ,  Kwasi B Konadu (Borough of Manhattan Community College, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780415803335


ISBN 10:   0415803330
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   06 March 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

1. Context and Approach to African Medicines 2. Bono (Akan) Society and Healing Perspectives 3. Aduro: Indigenous Conceptions of Medicine 4. Nyansa: Indigenous Knowledge and Medicine 5. Ayaresa: Discussion and Conclusion

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Kwasi B. Konadu is an assistant professor of history at the Center for Ethnic Studies, City University of New York. Dr. Konadu has written numerous articles on African and African Diasporic history. He is also the author of A View from the East: Black Cultural Nationalism and Education in New York City (2009) and the forthcoming The Path Crosses the River: The Akan Diaspora in the Americas (2010).

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