Book ID: CBB973093529

Healing Knowledge in Atlantic Africa: Medical Encounters, 1500–1850 (2021)

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Kananoja, Kalle (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2021
Physical Details: 320
Language: English

In this ambitious analysis of medical encounters in Central and West Africa during the era of the Atlantic slave trade, Kalle Kananoja focuses on African and European perceptions of health, disease and healing. Arguing that the period was characterised by continuous knowledge exchange, he shows that indigenous natural medicine was used by locals and non-Africans alike. The mobility and circulation of healing techniques and materials was an important feature of the early modern Black Atlantic world. African healing specialists not only crossed the Atlantic to the Americas, but also moved within and between African regions to offer their services. At times, patients, Europeans included, travelled relatively long distances in Africa to receive treatment. Highlighting cross-cultural medical exchanges, Kananoja shows that local African knowledge was central to shaping responses to illness, providing a fresh, global perspective on African medicine and vernacular science in the early modern world.

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Review Adam Jones (2022) Review of "Healing Knowledge in Atlantic Africa: Medical Encounters, 1500–1850". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 69-71). unapi

Review Patrícia Martins Marcos (2022) Review of "Healing Knowledge in Atlantic Africa: Medical Encounters, 1500–1850". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 438-439). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Sluyter, Andrew
Schlein, Deborah
Mathias Vigouroux
Suzanne, Schwarz
Silke, Strickrodt
O'Brien, Patrick
Concepts
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Colonialism
Medicine, traditional
Medicine and society
Therapeutic practice; therapy; treatment
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
19th century
16th century
Early modern
15th century
Places
Europe
Africa
Atlantic world
Americas
India
Atlantic Ocean
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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