Healing Traditions: African Medicine, Cultural Exchange, and Competition in South Africa, 1820–1948 (New African Histories)
A historical study of African medicine and cultural exchange in South Africa between 1820 and 1948, focusing on competition among healing traditions.
About This Book
This book examines the development of African medicine in South Africa during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
It discusses the interactions between indigenous healing practices and Western medicine in a period of significant social change.
The work highlights competition and exchange among different medical traditions in colonial South Africa.
Readers gain insight into the broader historical context of health, culture, and colonialism in the region.
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