Traditional African Religion as a Neglected Form of Monotheism

Why Rangi Christians Continue to Practice African Traditional Religion

The Uganda/Tanzania Branch of SIL conducts an orientation course for new members coming to work in East Africa. One of the components of the course is a scheduled lecture about African Traditional Religion (ATR). In 2006, ten expatriates attended the course. There were also five Tanzanian nationals present. The Tanzanians fulfilled various roles such as interpreters, Swahili language teachers a...

The concept of diseases and health care in African traditional religion in Ghana

As human beings we sometimes in one way or another become sick, and therefore go for treatment depending on our choice of treatment (religious perspective or Western medical treatment). Although African traditional religion is not against a Western medical way of treatment or healing process, its followers believe that there are some diseases that Western medicine cannot treat, and therefore ne...

human african trypanosomiasis a neglected disease

Typology There are two forms of HAT, one of which is endemic mainly in East Africa and is caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. This form represents less than 10% of the reported cases of sleeping sickness. The other form is endemic mainly in West and Central Africa and is caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. This form represents more than 90% of the reported cases in Africa. These proto...

Promotion of traditional Persian medicine; a neglected necessity.

Turmeric: Reemerging of a neglected Asian traditional remedy.

CONTEXT Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a wild plant of the ginger family native to tropical South Asia. EVIDENCE ACQUISITIONS Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Google Scholar, Pubmed (NLM), LISTA (EBSCO) and Web of Science have been searched. RESULTS Emerging evidence indicate that turmeric/curcumin inhibits cytokines and TGF-β production. From the various factors involved in the genes...