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- W2277274333 abstract "For many years, the art of healing and the magico-religious systems of primitive people have been linked together in social scientific analysis. Today, in a world of rapid, technological change, we are taking a new look at traditional medical practices, asking ourselves where traditional healers stand in relation to the official, scientific health enterprise that now receives high priority in the development planning of virtually every country in the world. This paper addresses the problem of survival and change in traditional healing in the southeastern sector of Botswana, an area which includes Gaborone, the nation's capital, and in which the more general social and cultural changes common to developing countries in Africa are particularly evident. It argues that, while much of traditional healing is founded on supernatural beliefs, this occupation is Janus-headed. As a guardian of tradition, the divine-healer looks to the past; however, in some respects, he is clearly responsive to the challenge of industrialising and bureaucratising forces in a new society. Two crucial problems threaten the traditional healing occupation in Botswana. One is the question of replacement. New recruits must continue to enter training for traditional practice, and yet, as formal education in Government schools becomes more readily available, more and eventually all young people will be schooled in a scientific perspective which is likely to be incompatible with traditional medicine as an occupational choice. The second major factor which will help to decide the fate of traditional medicine in Botswana is the problem of credibility. The Batswana people tend to adopt a strongly empirical stance with respect to health decisions. The best treatment, in other words, is the one that works, and anyone who claims to cure their ills is worth a trial. The traditional healer, along with his spiritualist and scientific counterparts, will have to continue to prove himself to his clients." @default.
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- W2277274333 title "The traditional healer of Botswana in a changing society" @default.
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