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African Healing Culture

Ritual and ceremony play a major part in the healing traditions of Africa.
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The Blue Sweater

Review of Jacqueline Novogratz's book The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconneted World.

Heal Africa

HEAL Africa is a nonprofit organization that provides holistic healing including urgent care medical services and community development support for the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Return of the Woman Healer

For the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert, healing encompassed all dimensions of well-being, not just the physical as in Western medicine, but also the emotional, psychological and spiritual as well.

MDs Could Learn From African Healers

Traditional African healing techniques can complement western medical practice, according to a 1998 study in the current issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Healing Wisdom of Africa - Elemental Rituals

The Dagara tribe of West Central Africa successfully categorize their people into five different categories: fire, water, mineral, earth and nature.

The Role of Drumming in Africa

Drumming, the Backbone Of African & Reggae Music - Article by Jason Kahn.

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