Missionary medicine and Akan therapeutics: Illness, health and healing in southern Ghana's Basel mission, 1828-1918

Journal of Religion in Africa

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 429-461

  Mohr, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Akan therapeutics; Basel mission; Ghana; Healing; Missionary medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 73849129853     PISSN: 00224200     EISSN: 15700666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/002242009X12529098509803     Document Type: Review

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