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Author:

Hountondji, Paulin J., 1942-

ISBN:

9782869780408

9782869780415

Publication Information:

Dakar, Senegal : CODESRIA, 1997.

Physical Description:

ix, 376 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series:

Codesria book series

Codesria book series.

Contents:

Methodological Issues in the Study of 'Traditional' Techniques and Know-How / Goudjinou P. Metinhoue -- 'Traditional' Iron Metallurgy in West Africa / Alexis B.A. Adandé -- 'Rainmakers': Myth and Knowledge in Traditional Atmospheric Management Techniques / Gbénoukpo Bodhou Dah-Lokonon --Traditional Number Systems and Modern Arithmetic / Toussaint Yaovi Tchitchi --Fa Ritual: A Stochastic Process: Understanding the Geomantic Cults of Coastal Benin / Victor Houndonougbo -- Epistemological Reflections on Hausa Zoological Names / J.D. Penel -- Fruits, Seeds ans Miscellaneous Ingredients Used in the Pharmaceutical Practice of Benin / Simone de Souza.

Traditional Models of Mental Health and Illness in Benin / Gualbert Ahyi -- Foreign Objects in Human Bodies: A Surgeon's Report / Henry-Valre T. Kiniffo -- Links between Psychosomatic Medicine and Sorcery / Clement T. Adjido -- Graphic Representational Systems in Precolonial Africa / Albert Bienvenu Akoha -- Writing and Oral Tradition in the Transmission of Knowledge / Francois C. Dossou.

Subject Term:

Ethnology -- Research -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Ethnopsychology -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Traditional medicine -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Geographic Term:

Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social life and customs.

Added Author:

Hountondji, Paulin J., 1942-

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Summary

Uncovering the wealth of traditional African knowledge and techniques has direct implications for the future development of the continent. This book is written against the background of the tragedy that most Africans are profoundly ignorant of the achievements of the past, let alone the traditions that are still upheld today. It is an exploration and analysis of Africa's historical roots, and the editor is one of Africa's most distinguished philosophers. Rich in detailed and original field research, the volume covers a wide variety of topics, from the probability theory of cowry shell diviners, to hydrology and rainmaking, and the links between sorcery and psychosomatic medicine. Chapters include the use of number systems, ingredients used in pharmaceutical practice, and the mysterious phenomena of foreign objects projected into human bodies.