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Title:

African herbsmen : healing and religion along the Bight of Benin / a film by Eric J. Montgomery and Christian N. Vannier.

Publisher:

Ethnographic Laboratories,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

1 videodisc (36 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Ethnobotany--Africa, West.
Traditional medicine--Africa, West.
Ewe (African people)--Medicine.
Ewe (African people)--Ghana--Religious life and customs.
Ewe (African people)--Ghana--Rites and ceremonies.
Ewe (African people)--Ghana--Social life and customs.
Ewe Voodooism--Africa, West.
Ghana--Medicine.
Togo--Medicine.
Ghana--Religion.
Togo--Religion.
Ethnobotanique--Afrique occidentale.
Éwé (Peuple d'Afrique)--Médecine.
Éwé (Peuple d'Afrique)--Ghāna--Vie religieuse.
Éwé (Peuple d'Afrique)--Ghāna--Mœurs et coutumes.
Togo--Médecine.
Togo--Religion.
Ethnobotany.
Ewe (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.
Ewe (African people)--Social life and customs.
Medicine.
Religion.
Traditional medicine.
West Africa.
Ghana.
Togo.

Other Authors:

Montgomery, Eric J.
Vannier, Christian N.
Ethnographic Laboratories (Firm)

Summary:

This film explores the integration of religion and plant-based medicine in an Ewe Vodu community in southern Togo. Here, concerns are growing that knowledge regarding local plants and medicines is declining in the area. First, the head priest of the village and his assistant lead us through several herbal medicinal formulas. We weave these explanations together with those of a botanist in Ghana who is working with a professional venture that seeks to protect and nurture indigenous botanical materials. -- Web site.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)812424216

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)