The Social Basis of Health and Healing in Africa

The Social Basis of Health and Healing in Africa
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 514
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ISBN-10 : 0520066812
ISBN-13 : 9780520066816
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Book Synopsis The Social Basis of Health and Healing in Africa by : Steven Feierman

Download or read book The Social Basis of Health and Healing in Africa written by Steven Feierman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1992-09-22 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays are an account of disease, health and healing practices on the African continent. The contributors all emphasize the social conditions linked to ill health and the development of local healing traditions, from Morocco to South Africa and from the precolonial era to the present.


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