‘Sincedisa – We Can Help!’ A Literature Review of Current Practice Involving Traditional African Healers in Biomedical HIV/AIDS Interventions in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorWreford, Joanne
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-22T19:50:59Z
dc.date.available2016-05-22T19:50:59Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.updated2016-05-22T19:47:59Z
dc.description.abstractThis review describes research literature involved with efforts at collaboration between traditional African healers (TAHs) and biomedical practitioners in HIVIAIDS interventions in Southern Africa. The paper draws on academic texts including published and unpublished research papers, books and reports, and press comments on the subject. The focus is on Southern African literature, but selected texts from elsewhere on the continent are also included. Rather than simply reviewing selected interventions, this pap er interrogates the roles assigned to traditional healers, emphasising in particular diviner-practitioners such as izangoma (sing. isangoma: Zulu; igqirha, amagqirha: Xhosa) in these interventions. The paper investigates the experience of traditional healers of these interventions, and the responses of biomedical professionals, and explores some obstacles which may hinder future collaborations. The paper concludes with some recommendations and proposals fo rfuture schemes and related research.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWreford, J. (2005). ‘Sincedisa – We Can Help!’ A Literature Review of Current Practice Involving Traditional African Healers in Biomedical HIV/AIDS Interventions in South Africa. <i>Social Dynamics</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19765en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWreford, Joanne "‘Sincedisa – We Can Help!’ A Literature Review of Current Practice Involving Traditional African Healers in Biomedical HIV/AIDS Interventions in South Africa." <i>Social Dynamics</i> (2005) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19765en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWreford, J. (2005). ‘Sincedisa–We Can Help!’A Literature Review of Current Practice Involving Traditional African Healers in Biomedical HIV/AIDS Interventions in South Africa. Social Dynamics, 31(2), 90-117.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0253-3952en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Wreford, Joanne AB - This review describes research literature involved with efforts at collaboration between traditional African healers (TAHs) and biomedical practitioners in HIVIAIDS interventions in Southern Africa. The paper draws on academic texts including published and unpublished research papers, books and reports, and press comments on the subject. The focus is on Southern African literature, but selected texts from elsewhere on the continent are also included. Rather than simply reviewing selected interventions, this pap er interrogates the roles assigned to traditional healers, emphasising in particular diviner-practitioners such as izangoma (sing. isangoma: Zulu; igqirha, amagqirha: Xhosa) in these interventions. The paper investigates the experience of traditional healers of these interventions, and the responses of biomedical professionals, and explores some obstacles which may hinder future collaborations. The paper concludes with some recommendations and proposals fo rfuture schemes and related research. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Social Dynamics LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 SM - 0253-3952 T1 - ‘Sincedisa – We Can Help!’ A Literature Review of Current Practice Involving Traditional African Healers in Biomedical HIV/AIDS Interventions in South Africa TI - ‘Sincedisa – We Can Help!’ A Literature Review of Current Practice Involving Traditional African Healers in Biomedical HIV/AIDS Interventions in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19765 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19765
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02533950508628709
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWreford J. ‘Sincedisa – We Can Help!’ A Literature Review of Current Practice Involving Traditional African Healers in Biomedical HIV/AIDS Interventions in South Africa. Social Dynamics. 2005; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19765.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Social Science Research(CSSR)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceSocial Dynamicsen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rsdy20/current
dc.subject.otherbiomedicine
dc.subject.othertraditional healers
dc.subject.otherHIV/AIDS
dc.title‘Sincedisa – We Can Help!’ A Literature Review of Current Practice Involving Traditional African Healers in Biomedical HIV/AIDS Interventions in South Africaen_ZA
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