Healing knowledge in Atlantic Africa : medical encounters, 1500-1850

"In this ambitious analysis of medical encounters in Central and West Africa during the era of the Atlantic slave trade, Kalle Kananoja focuses on African and European perceptions of health, disease and healing. Arguing that the period was characterised by continuous knowledge exchange, he show...

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Main Author : Kananoja Kalle (Auteur)
Format : Book
Language : anglais
Title statement : Healing knowledge in Atlantic Africa : medical encounters, 1500-1850 / Kalle Kananoja, University of Oulu, Finland
Edition : 1[st. edition].
Published : New York : Cambridge University Press , 2021
Physical Description : 1 vol. (258 p.)
Series : Global health histories Sanjoy Bhattacharya
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