Witchcraft As a Social Diagnosis - Traditional Ghanaian Beliefs and Global Health

This book examines medical outreach in the condemned witches' village of Gnani in Ghana, focusing on clashes between traditional beliefs, religious tenets, and contemporary medical science. It analyzes questions of stigmatization to explore how disease, injury, and illness relate to social condition and the dialogue surrounding witchcraft.

List of contents

1. History, Tradition, and Religion
2. Gnani - Banished to the Witches' Village
3. Medical Concepts of Disease and Illness
4. Gnani - Etiology of Diseases and Disorders
5. Pathologies of Prejudice in Social Mechanisms
6. Facing Forward

About the author

By Roxane Richter; Thomas Flowers and Elias Bongmba

Summary

This book examines medical outreach in the condemned witches’ village of Gnani in Ghana, focusing on clashes between traditional beliefs, religious tenets, and contemporary medical science. It analyzes questions of stigmatization to explore how disease, injury, and illness relate to social condition and the dialogue surrounding witchcraft.

Product details

• Authors: Elias Bongmba, Elias Bongmba, Rice University Elias Bongmba, Thomas Flowers, Roxane Richter, Roxane Flowers Richter
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781498523202
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-2320-2
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Afrika, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African