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A Guide to African traditional medicine : (Record no. 493546)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789966955234
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency Kenya National Library Service
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 615.88096 OJW
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ojwang, Humphrey
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245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title A Guide to African traditional medicine :
Remainder of title toward holistic healthcare /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Prof. Humphrey Ojwang, PhD
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiii, 161 pages :
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Dimensions 21 cm
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. A Guide to African Traditional Medicine Towards Holistic Healthcare examines traditional African healing systems, indigenous knowledge, and ethnobotanical practices from an anthropological and public health perspective. Written from a background in linguistic anthropology and African studies, Prof. Humphrey Ojwang explores how indigenous medical systems address health not merely as the absence of physical disease, but as a state of complete physical, mental, social, and spiritual equilibrium.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Traditional medicine -- Africa
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Indigenous knowledge systems.
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  Dewey Decimal Classification     Legal Deposit Preservation, Conservation & Publication Acquisition, Cataloguing, Classification and Distribution Development KEN 07/21/2026 LEG 1250.00   615.88096 OJW B238506 07/21/2026 07/21/2026 Books
  Dewey Decimal Classification     Legal Deposit Preservation, Conservation & Publication Acquisition, Cataloguing, Classification and Distribution Development KEN 07/21/2026 LEG 1250.00   615.88096 OJW B238505 07/21/2026 07/21/2026 Books

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