Steven Lihonama Lutumo. Life and work of a traditional healer of the Bena, Southwest Tanzania
Using the qualitative method of biographical research and participant observation, Kutalek describes Lutumo's process to become a healer, his therapies (conversations, rituals such as oracles, surgery, healing agents), his everyday life and his concept of illness and health, his patients, his social position. A final chapter discusses results on a theoretical level.
Keywords: Lutumo, S.L., African healers, healers in Africa, medical anthropology, traditional medicine, medicine in Africa, biographical method
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