Innovative medicine--a case study of a modern healer.
African healing is widely regarded as inflexible and unchanging. By way of a case study, it is suggested that this is no longer the reality. Instead, the healer emerges as highly innovative in his quest to attract a steady clientele. A Xhosa healer, who borrows numerous medical items and symbols from his Western counterparts, is described.
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Department of Anthropology, University of Transkei, Umtata.
D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D044383:Black People; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D013019:South Africa