Sharing the Burden of Sickness: A History of Healing and Medicine in Accra by Jo

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A medical history of Accra that accounts for plural medical traditions and multiple notions of health and healing.

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In Sharing the Burden of Sickness, Jonathan Roberts examines the history of the healing cultures in Accra, Ghana. When people are sick in Accra, they can pursue a variety of therapeutic options. West African traditional healers, spiritual healers from the Islamic and Christian traditions, Western clinical medicine, and an open marketplace of over-the-counter medicine provide ample means to promote healing and preventing sickness. Each of these healing cultures had a historical point of arrival in the city of Accra, and Roberts tells the story of how they intertwined and how patients and healers worked together in their struggle against disease. By focusing on the medical history of one place, Roberts details how urban development, colonization, decolonization, and independence brought new populations to the city, where they shared their ideas about sickness and health. Sharing the Burden of Sickness explores medical history during important periods in Accra's history. Roberts not only introduces readers to a wide range of ideas about health but also charts a course for a thoroughly pluralistic culture of healing in the future, especially with the spread of new epidemics of HIV/AIDS and ebola.

Author Biography

Jonathan Roberts is Associate Professor of History at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax. His work has appeared in various journals and edited volumes.

Table of Contents

List of TermsAcknowledgmentsNote on SourcesIntroduction1. The Roots of Therapeutic Pluralism in Accra, 1677 to the mid-1800s2. The Convergence of the Five Healing Traditions in the "Healthy" Capital of the Gold Coast3. Therapeutic Pluralism during the Cocoa Boom, 1908–1930s4. Colonial Medical Culture at Korle Bu5. The Creation of an African "Bloodstream"6. The Resilience of Therapeutic Pluralism on the Eve of Ghanaian IndependenceEpilougeBibliographyIndex

Review

Roberts skillfully and clearly shows how Accra's evolution allowed for a pluralistic therapeutic tradition to develop. * Choice Magazine *

Review Quote

Roberts skillfully and clearly shows how Accra's evolution allowed for a pluralistic therapeutic tradition to develop.

Details ISBN0253057930 Author Jonathan Roberts Short Title Sharing the Burden of Sickness Publisher Indiana University Press Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 0253057930 ISBN-13 9780253057938 Format Paperback Subtitle A History of Healing and Medicine in Accra Imprint Indiana University Press Place of Publication Bloomington, IN Country of Publication United States Pages 420 Publication Date 2021-11-09 AU Release Date 2021-11-09 NZ Release Date 2021-11-09 US Release Date 2021-11-09 UK Release Date 2021-11-09 Illustrations 33 Illustrations, black and white Alternative 9780253057914 DEWEY 610.9667 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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