The Yoruba Traditional Healers of Nigeria

• Author(s): Mary Adekson,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 152
• ISBN_10: 1135942218
  ISBN_13: 9781135942212
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African Studies , Social Science / Disease & Health Issues , Social Science / Sociology / General ,

Description:... This work examines the counseling approaches and techniques used by Yoruba traditional healers of Nigeria. It also describes the functions performed by Yoruba traditional healers when they work within the Yoruba cultural milieu. The information elicited from Yoruba traditional healers through videotape and interviews was analyzed by a Nigerian woma