Raising the Dust Tracking Traditional Medicine in the South of Malaw
Raising the Dust explores the relationship between human and ecological health through the lens of African traditional medicine, as practiced in the south of Malawi. The book employs an ethnographic methodology using the primary methods of semi-struc
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Tr a c k i n g Tr a d i t i o n a l M e d i c i n e in the South of Malawi
Raising the Dust
Theresa Jones
Raising the Dust Tracking Traditional Medicine in the South of Malawi
Theresa Jones Inner Sense Intuitive Counselling Services Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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To a healthy future for my grandsons Xavier and Kade, those grandchildren I am yet to meet, and for all earth’s children.
Acknowledgements
Thank you to the people of the Mulanje Mountain Biosphere Reserve, particularly the Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust (MMCT), and to the traditional healers who have contributed their valuable time, knowledge, faith and energy to this research inquiry. To David Nangoma, former Research Officer at the MMCT, thank you for teaching me to take everyday life a little less seriously and for helping me to understand the awesome power of the spoken word. To Hastings Maloya (deceased), former Communications Officer at the MMCT, I am grateful to you for the early work you did, connecting me with the area, and for checking in with me to make sure that things were progressing well along the way. The personal name of each of the interview participants is included in this acknowledgement so that each person stands out as adding a valuable contribution to the book. To Dr Jacqui Howell, former
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