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As newer medical problems surface and existing ones appear to resist modern solutions, Africans are increasingly reaching for traditional healing practices and customary protective medicines. Using historical and phenomenological approaches, Traditional Medicine Making of the «Emu»: Continuity and Change investigates religious belief and herbal practices of Emu people. This documentation of medical practices of the Emu people of Nigeria in the context of change transcends the structuralist and functional perspective employed by anthropologists.

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Contents: Africa – Traditional medical healing and protection – Resistance of orthodox antibiotics – Use of medicinal plants – Emu people – Religious beliefs and rituals of Emu people.

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG
      Publication Date: 29/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9783631659786, 978-3631659786
      ISBN10: 3631659784

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      As newer medical problems surface and existing ones appear to resist modern solutions, Africans are increasingly reaching for traditional healing practices and customary protective medicines. Using historical and phenomenological approaches, Traditional Medicine Making of the «Emu»: Continuity and Change investigates religious belief and herbal practices of Emu people. This documentation of medical practices of the Emu people of Nigeria in the context of change transcends the structuralist and functional perspective employed by anthropologists.

      Table of Contents
      Contents: Africa – Traditional medical healing and protection – Resistance of orthodox antibiotics – Use of medicinal plants – Emu people – Religious beliefs and rituals of Emu people.

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