Juju or something else? Where can I look to find serious information on this subject?
2006-06-25 20:49:39 · 4 answers · asked by Lleh 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
traditional african medicine is mainly herbalism (but with a copious topping of hokey spiritualist 'explanations' for why bush-medicine works).
people who want to belittle it call it 'hoodoo' or 'juju' ('voodoo' is usually the dialect of traditional african medical practices which went to new orleans - and the rest of louisiana - with eighteenth century slaves).
a web search on 'african medicine' will give you lots of sites to begin your proper exploration of this subject.
when i lived in africa i passed on a few of the herbal remedies i learned in the black mountains (of wales) and i was accepted as a 'healer' around where i lived.
africans are no more gullible than westerners (how hokey is psychiatry for example?) - they believe in things which work.
2006-06-25 20:58:31 · answer #1 · answered by synopsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would call them a traditional African doctor who probably has more cures for what ails his or her people.I would think you would refer to a book on African traditions for more consise information.Have a nice day.
2006-06-26 03:56:15 · answer #2 · answered by witchfromoz2003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
West African medicine is called Ifa.
http://www.drgrotte.com/ifa-medicine.htm
2006-06-26 03:54:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be called voodoo , or a witch doctor.
2006-06-29 17:00:55 · answer #4 · answered by Nick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋