Healers of Ghana
Description
This program explores the traditional medical practices of the Bono people of central Ghana and how their healers are cooperating with Western doctors, using herbs and spiritualism to improve health-care delivery in rural areas. Traditionally, Bono tribal priests undergo a painful spiritual possession, during which deities reveal to them the causes of illnesses, which plants to use to treat them, who is perpetrating witchcraft, and which villagers might be endangering society through improper behavior. The program features vibrant dance and possession ceremonies, set against the backdrop of the Bono villages, which are awash with color.
Runtime
58 min
Subjects
- Social structure (572)
- Social change (532)
- Religious life and customs (46)
- Rites and ceremonies (224)
- Tribes (122)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2005], c1993
Database
Films on Demand
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