Article ID: CBB001031039

Histories of Healing: Past and Present Medical Practices in Africa and the Diaspora (2007)

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Schumaker, Lyn (Author)
Jeater, Diana (Author)
Luedke, Tracy (Author)


Journal of Southern African Studies
Volume: 33
Pages: 707--714


Publication Date: 2007
Edition Details: Introduction to a special issue on the history of medicine in Africa
Language: English

Description Contents:


Includes Series Articles

Article Luedke, Tracy (2007) Spirit and Matter: The Materiality of Mozambican Prophet Healing. Journal of Southern African Studies (p. 715). unapi

Article Marsland, Rebecca (2007) The Modern Traditional Healer: Locating “Hybridity” in Modern Traditional Medicine, Southern Tanzania. Journal of Southern African Studies (p. 751). unapi

Article Livingston, Julie (2007) Productive Misunderstandings and the Dynamism of Plural Medicine in Mid-century Bechuanaland. Journal of Southern African Studies (p. 801). unapi

Article Murray, Deryck (2007) Three Worships, an Old Warlock and Many Lawless Forces: The Court Trial of an African Doctor Who Practised “Obeah to Cure”, in Early Nineteenth Century Jamaica. Journal of Southern African Studies (p. 811). unapi

Article Hokkanen, Markku (2007) Quests for Health and Contests for Meaning: African Church Leaders and Scottish Missionaries in the Early Twentieth Century Presbyterian Church in Northern Malawi. Journal of Southern African Studies (p. 733). unapi

Article Bastos, Cristiana (2007) Medical Hybridisms and Social Boundaries: Aspects of Portuguese Colonialism in Africa and India in the Nineteenth Century. Journal of Southern African Studies (p. 767). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Wood, Felicity
Urama, Johnson O.
Sweet, James H.
Rheinberger, Hans-Jörg
Prince, Ruth J.
Nauta, Lauren
Concepts
Medicine, traditional
Traditional societies and cultures
Africa, civilization and culture
Medicine
Medicine and society
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
Early modern
Modern
Renaissance
Places
Africa
South Africa
India
Atlantic world
Velha Goa (India)
Mozambique
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