Traditional Medicine: Narratives from an Indigenous Population

Based on a qualitative approach, this book reviews the nature of indigenous medicinal practice in Africa focusing primary on the Dwaben people of Asante in Ghana. It further focused on field interviews and retrieved responses from informants to present an ethnographic report on the roles or the activities of Indigenous Priest Healers (IPH), Traditional Birth Attendants (TBS) and Herbalists. The findings of this book confirm the need for societies and cultures to continue to use alternative or traditional medical therapies in addition to modern or orthodox forms of medicine.

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About the Author(s): Dr. Samuel Adu-Gyamfi is the first trained social historian of medicine from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of History and Political Studies of same university.