KARANGA TRADITIONAL MEDICINE AND HEALING

Authors

  • Tabona Shoko

Keywords:

Karanga traditional system, herbalists, healers

Abstract

In this paper we present the Karanga traditional system of therapy of illness and disease manifest in the treatments administered by the medical practitioners. In order to establish the traditional system of therapy of illness and disease, numerous interviews were carried out with healers, herbalists and elders in the field area. This enabled a systematic compilation of cases. There was also the pressing need to be present at rituals and instances where healing was effected and to observe therapeutic processes.

Author Biography

Tabona Shoko

University of Zimbabwe, Department of Religious Studies, Classics and Philosophy P.O.Box MP 167, Mt Pleasant, Harare Zimbabwe

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Published

2007-06-10

How to Cite

Shoko, T. (2007). KARANGA TRADITIONAL MEDICINE AND HEALING. African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, 4(4), 501 –. Retrieved from https://athmsi.org/journals/index.php/ajtcam/article/view/281

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 4 (2007)

Section

Research Papers

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