book chapter
A Case study of ideas concerning disease among the Tiv
Africa • 32 (2) • Published In 1962 • Pages: 123-131
By: Price-Williams, D. R..
Abstract
This brief article deals with the manifestations in a specific locale of Tiv conceptions of health, disease, and sorcery, and of related therapeutic practices and practitioners. At the crux of these matters is a concept of fundamental importance in Tiv culture, that of AKOMBO. This is a complex notion incorporating a belief in magical forces as one of its essential facets. For purposes of clarification, it may be useful if in conjunction with this article one also reads a more general analysis of the AKOMBO concept such as that contained in 19: Bohannan and Bohannan, pp. 85-90, this file.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1998
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Psychologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Robert O. Lagacé ; 1962
- Field Date
- 1959
- Coverage Date
- 1959
- Coverage Place
- Benue State, Nigeria
- Notes
- D. R. Price Williams
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 29010790
- LCSH
- Tiv (African people)