Article ID: CBB841148850

Culture and Colonial Medicine: Smallpox in Abeokuta, Western Nigeria (2016)

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This article re-examines the social history of smallpox in Africa and challenges in part the celebratory narrative assigning credit to colonial medicine and the World Health Organization (WHO) for the eradication of the disease. By tracing local conceptions of smallpox and its social and political implications in Abeokuta, Western Nigeria, this study renders a history of smallpox from the perspective of the lived experience of colonial subjects. It shows that while colonial eradication projects and WHO’s global eradication were important factors in eradication, they were not singularly transformative contributions. In doing so, this analysis departs from conventional narratives of smallpox, and accounts for the continuance of smallpox deities and rituals despite its medical eradication.

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Authors & Contributors
Bhattacharya, Sanjoy
Tilley, Helen
Palmer, Steven Paul
Hochman, Gilberto
Campani, Carlos Eduardo D’Avila Pereira
Lee, S. H.
Concepts
Public health
Prevention and control of disease
Smallpox
Disease and diseases
Medicine and government
Medicine and politics
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
Places
Africa
India
Brazil
Bhutan
Bangladesh
Nigeria
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
UNICEF
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
World Bank
United Nations
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