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Healing Knowledge in Atlantic Africa

Healing Knowledge in Atlantic Africa

Medical Encounters, 1500–1850

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In this ambitious analysis of medical encounters in West Africa during the Atlantic slave trade, Kananoja considers both African and European perceptions of health, disease and healing. Arguing that the period was characterised by continuous knowledge exchange, he shows that indigenous natural medicine was used by locals and non-Africans alike.

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février 2021, Global Health Histories, Anglais
Cambridge Academic
978-1-108-49125-9

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