"If Old Heads Could Talk": Sango Healers in the Caribbean

Authors

  • Stephen D. Glazier University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Keywords:

Healing, religious syncretism, Sango

Abstract

This paper examines Sango beliefs and representa
tions of illness with a primary focus on Sango hëaling practices.
In addition, it explores ritual borrowing, divination and spirit
possession within the Sango tradition and examines relation
ships between Sango healers and Western biomedical practitio
ners. Lastly, I will address the resurgence of Sango in contem
porary Caribbean societies and implications of this resurgence
for biomedicine and health care in the region.

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Published

2012-11-30

How to Cite

Glazier, S. D. (2012). "If Old Heads Could Talk": Sango Healers in the Caribbean. Anthropologica, 54(2), 199–209. Retrieved from https://cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/881

Issue

Vol. 54 No. 2 (2012): Good Spirit, Good Medicine: Religious Foundations of Healing in the Caribbean

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Copyright (c) 2012 Stephen D. Glazier

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