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Accepted Paper:
The Possibilities of Local Knowledge in Senegal
Kalala Ngalamulume
(Bryn Mawr College)
Paper short abstract:
Based on archival and oral sources, the paper explores the possibilities of local medical knowledge in Senegal as well as the lost opportunities to integrate it into the colonial and postcolonial health services.
Paper long abstract:
Based on archival and oral sources, the paper explores the possibilities of local medical knowledge in Senegal as well as the lost opportunities to integrate it into the colonial and postcolonial health services. It will examine the ideological, political, and cultural factors as well as technology insufficiencies, which precluded initiatives of integration.