African Philosophy Culture And Traditional Medicine

Author : M. Akin Makinde
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015015356861

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African Philosophy, Culture, and Traditional Medicine by M. Akin Makinde Pdf

For over two centuries, Western scholars have discussed African philosophy and culture, often in disparaging, condescending terms, and always from an alien European perspective. Many Africans now share this perspective, having been trained in the western, empirical tradition. Makinde argues that, particularly in view of the costs and failings of western style culture, Africans must now mold their own modern culture by blending useful western practices with valuable indigenous African elements. Specifically, Makinde demonstrates the potential for the development of African philosophy and even African traditional medicine. Following the lead of a number of countries with government policies of incorporating indigenous medicine with orthodox Western medicine, Makinde argues that traditional African practices should be taken seriously, both medically and scientifically. Further, he charges African scholars with the responsibility of investigating these and other elements of traditional African culture in order to dispel their mystery and secrecy through modern research and useful publications.

Author : Campbell Shittu Momoh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Philosophy, African
ISBN : UCAL:B3666012

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The Substance of African Philosophy by Campbell Shittu Momoh Pdf

Author : Peter Ikechukwu Osuji
Publisher : Springer
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319058917

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African Traditional Medicine: Autonomy and Informed Consent by Peter Ikechukwu Osuji Pdf

This book focuses on informed consent in African Traditional Medicine (ATM). ATM forms a large portion of the healthcare systems in Africa. WHO statistics show that as much as 80% of the population in Africa uses traditional medicine for primary health care. With such a large constituency, it follows that ATM and its practices should receive more attention in bioethics. By comparing the ethics of care approach with the ATM approach to Relational Autonomy In Consent (RAIC), the authors argue that the ATM focus on consent based on consensus constitutes a legitimate informed consent. This book is distinctive insofar as it employs the ethics of care as a hermeneutic to interpret ATM. The analysis examines the ethics of care movement in Western bioethics to explore its relational approach to informed consent. Additionally, this is the first known study that discusses healthcare ethics committees in ATM.

Author : Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781728374253

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African Traditional Religion and Philosophy: by Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu Pdf

The work has the capacity to stimulate interest for further critical reflection in the area of African Traditional Religion and philosophy. I, therefore, very strongly recommend it for all who treasure good African literature; and most especially for anyone who wishes to be abreast with important debates and developments in African Traditional Religion and philosophy. Experts, researchers, beginners and casual readers are bound to treasure the usefulness of this interesting book.

Author : Isaac Sindiga,Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha,Mary Peter Kanunah
Publisher : East African Publishers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Medical
ISBN : STANFORD:36105017664736

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Traditional Medicine in Africa by Isaac Sindiga,Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha,Mary Peter Kanunah Pdf

The inaccessibility of biomedicine to most of Africa's population because of escalating costs has necessitated a search for alternative ways of managing illnesses. Traditional medicine, which has always been practised in the indigenous cultures, is fast filling this therapeutic gap. This book is a collection of essays based on a multidisciplinary approach to traditional medicine in Africa. It has contributions from social scientists, natural resource experts, traditional medical practitioners, educationists, and medical scholars. It attempts to define the problems of traditional medicine in Africa, while also discussing the conceptual foundations of African ethnomedicine and medical pluralism.

Author : Ivan Karp,D. A. Masolo
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0253214173

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African Philosophy as Cultural Inquiry by Ivan Karp,D. A. Masolo Pdf

This book assesses the direction and impact of African philosophy as well as its future role. What is the intellectual, social, cultural, and political territory of African philosophy? What directions will African philosophy take in the future? What problems will it face? In 10 probing essays by distinguished African, European, and American scholars, African Philosophy as Cultural Inquiry examines the role of African philosophy at the opening of the new millennium. Here philosophy cuts across disciplinary boundaries to embrace ideas taken from history, literary studies, anthropology, and art. Addressing topics such as the progress of philosophical discourse, knowledge and modes of thought, the relevance of philosophy for cultures that are still largely based on traditional values, and the meaning of philosophy to cultures and individuals in the process of modernization, this volume presents today's best thinking about the concerns and practices that constitute African experience. New views about personhood, freedom, responsibility, progress, development, the role of the state, and life in civil society emerge from these broad-based considerations of the crisis of the postcolonial African state. In a lively fashion this diverse book shows how philosophical questions can be applied to interpretations of culture and reveals the multifaceted nature of philosophical discourse in the multiple and variable settings that exist in contemporary Africa.

Author : M. Akin Makinde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133569264

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African Philosophy by M. Akin Makinde Pdf

Author : Yaw A. Frimpong-Mansoh,Caesar A. Atuire
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781622734597

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Bioethics in Africa: Theories and Praxis by Yaw A. Frimpong-Mansoh,Caesar A. Atuire Pdf

Bioethics urges us to question and debate fundamental moral issues that arise in health-related sciences. However, as a result of Western dominance and globalization, bioethical thinking and practice has inevitably been shaped and defined by Western theories. With recent discussions centering on the relationship between culture and bioethics, it is important to consider how and to what extent can bioethics reflect and accommodate non-Western values and beliefs? Debatably, many scholars working in the field of ‘African bioethics’ seek to construct a bioethical practice that is grounded in indigenous African values. Yet, how relevant are ancient African cultural norms to the lives and realities of the 21st century Sub-Saharan-Africans? This edited volume explores bioethics in Africa from pluralistic and inter-cultural perspectives. The selected papers offer diverse theoretical and practical perspectives on the bioethical challenges that are common and specific to the lives of Sub-Sahara Africans. The contributors define bioethics broadly (beyond ethical issues relating to biomedical and biotechnological science) to include applied ethics that concern all aspects of life. Multidisciplinary in approach, the contributions to this book consider bioethics in relation to philosophy, social work, psychiatry, African studies, religious studies, psychology, and medicine. The broad scope of this volume means it will be of interest to those studying and working in bioethics as well as the fields mentioned above.

Author : Mbih Jerome Tosam,Erasmus Masitera
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 3031430395

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African Agrarian Philosophy by Mbih Jerome Tosam,Erasmus Masitera Pdf

This book critically explores indigenous sub-Saharan African agrarian thought. Indigenous African agrarian philosophy is an uncharted and largely overlooked area of study in the burgeoning fields of African philosophy and philosophy of nature. The book shows that wherever human beings have lived, they have been preoccupied with exploring ways to ensure the sustainable management of limited resources at their disposal, to attain to their basic needs: food, shelter, and security. The book also shows that agriculture and the way people relate with nature are an essential, but generally neglected, determinant of the emergence and orientation of all philosophical traditions. In traditional, pre-colonial African culture, it was difficult to separate agriculture from African relational ontology. Agriculture and the use of natural resources were at the centre of community life and influenced the social, political, economic, and spiritual worldviews of the people. In their contact with nature through agriculture, different beliefs, knowledge systems, norms, moral outlooks, cultural practices and institutions emerged and have been valorized to guide societies on how to sustainably manage the environment. As a way of life, then, agriculture was deeply connected with indigenous beliefs, values, and practices which transcended a wide range of issues related to ecological ethics, food ethics, religion, traditional medicine, political economy, social organisation, biological reproduction and species survival, indigenous knowledge, and property rights. This book will thus be a valuable resource for policy makers and researchers in diverse fields such as philosophy, geography, sociology, anthropology, and development studies.

Author : Munyaradzi Mawere
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789956726882

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Africa Focus Debates on Contemporary Contentious Biomedical Issues by Munyaradzi Mawere Pdf

This is a vivid, thought-provoking and fascinating text on some contentious issues in contemporary medical ethics. The book acknowledges the contribution of African tradition and Western scholarship to the development of medical ethics as a university discipline. It questions the lack of consensus around such biomedical issues as euthanasia and traditional medicine. In many countries, the failure has resulted in public outcries. Its thrust centres on the nexus of practice and theory, and the importance of pragmatism and critical questioning in dealing with different cases on and around biomedicine. Its virtue is its significant shift from the traditional positions on selected biomedical issues to a more rigorous, pragmatic and critical questioning and understanding of the reasoning and positions of all involved and/or affected parties.

Author : Karen Elizabeth Flint
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Medicine
ISBN : 9780821418499

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Healing Traditions by Karen Elizabeth Flint Pdf

Healing Traditions offers a historical perspective to the interactions between South Africa's traditional healers and biomedical practitioners. It provides an understanding that is vital for the development of medical strategies to effectively deal with South Africa's healthcare challenges.

Author : John Oroshejede Ubrurhe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025751970

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Urhobo Traditional Medicine by John Oroshejede Ubrurhe Pdf

Author : John S. Mbiti
Publisher : Heinemann
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0435895915

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African Religions & Philosophy by John S. Mbiti Pdf

"African Religions and Philosophy" is a systematic study of the attitudes of mind and belief that have evolved in the many societies of Africa. In this second edition, Dr Mbiti has updated his material to include the involvement of women in religion, and the potential unity to be found in what was once thought to be a mass of quite separate religions. Mbiti adds a new dimension to the understanding of the history, thinking, and life throughout the African continent. Religion is approached from an African point of view but is as accessible to readers who belong to non-African societies as it is to those who have grown up in African nations. Since its first publication, this book has become acknowledged as the standard work in the field of study, and it is essential reading for anyone concerned with African religion, history, philosophy, anthropology or general African studies.

Author : Richard A. Wright
Publisher : Lanham : University Press of America
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : IND:39000000437645

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African Philosophy by Richard A. Wright Pdf

The aim of the book is thus to present, substantively, significant writing on African Philosophy, in a form which will be useful both in the classroom and in the library of those interested in Africa.

Author : Kwasi Konadu
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780415956208

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Indigenous Medicine and Knowledge in African Society by Kwasi Konadu Pdf

At the turn of the 20th century, African societies witnessed the suppression of indigenous healing specialists as missionary proselytization and colonial rule increased. Governments, medical practitioners and academics focused little attention or resources on the production of "traditional" medicine, despite its potential use for advancing health care delivery to millions of people in rural communities and providing the basis for a medicinal industry. Focusing on the case of Ghana, Indigenous Medicine and Knowledge in African Societyinvestigates the ways in which healers and indigenous archives of cultural knowledge conceptualize and interpret medicine and healing. In order to unearth these prevailing concepts, Konadu utilizes in-depth interviews, plant samples, material culture, linguistics, and other sources. This groundbreaking study of indigenous knowledge has important implications for the study of medical and knowledge systems in Africa and the African Diaspora worldwide. By closely examining a range of multidisciplinary sources and utilizing fieldwork in the Takyiman district of central Ghana, the book contributes a new dimension to the study of health and healing systems in the African context and offers scholars, students, and general readers a vital reference.