A Century of Magico-Religious Healing: the African, Ethiopian Case (1900-1980s)

By Assefa Balcha Negwo

During the 20th century, church-based healers had to contend with a rapidly changing social and political environment shaped by successive state-led efforts to transform Ethiopian society. These transformations, including the introduction of western education and medicine, began with the westernising initiatives of Menelik II (1889-1913), and continued through successive post-Menelik governments. Here, Assefa Negwo investigates how churchbased medico-magical healers struggled to maintain their medical traditions in the face of these transformations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569024189
• ISBN13: 9781569024188
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: The Red Sea Press, Inc.
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.5" x 0.7" x 8.5"