Western Christian interpretation of African traditional medicine: a case study of Akamba herbal medicine
Akamba traditional medicine, like the rest of African culture, has been grossly misinterpreted by the western missionaries. African traditional medicine and African culture are, of course, inter-related. The Western missionaries did not recognize African Traditional Religion (ATR) as a religion of e...
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Ilorin journal of religious studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 41-50 |
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B African Traditional Religion B medicine- man B Western Christian Missionaries B Akamba |
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