The Social Basis of Health and Healing in Africa
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Author | : Steven Feierman |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 514 |
Release | : 1992-09-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 0520066812 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780520066816 |
Rating | : 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Social Basis of Health and Healing in Africa by : Steven Feierman
Book excerpt: These essays are an account of disease, health and healing practices on the African continent. The contributors all emphasize the social conditions linked to ill health and the development of local healing traditions, from Morocco to South Africa and from the precolonial era to the present.