Oral Memories, Nation Building and Medical Endogenous Practices in the Horn of Africa One of the main problems connected with the reconstruction of African societies after independence in the 1960s, was represented by the necessity to develop sanitary policies alternative to the colonial patterns. Africa suffers today of great institutional deficiencies both in the field of medicine and in public health policies. The implementation and the development of modern medicine, which began during the colonial period, tends to combine technical and sanitary practices with consuetudinary medicine. This complex phenomenon, widespread in many African countries, represents a pattern of recovery of the past memories, with the object of facing a critical situation such as sanity
Il Corno d'Africa tra medicina storia e politica
TADDIA, IRMA
2011
Abstract
Oral Memories, Nation Building and Medical Endogenous Practices in the Horn of Africa One of the main problems connected with the reconstruction of African societies after independence in the 1960s, was represented by the necessity to develop sanitary policies alternative to the colonial patterns. Africa suffers today of great institutional deficiencies both in the field of medicine and in public health policies. The implementation and the development of modern medicine, which began during the colonial period, tends to combine technical and sanitary practices with consuetudinary medicine. This complex phenomenon, widespread in many African countries, represents a pattern of recovery of the past memories, with the object of facing a critical situation such as sanityI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
