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What are the roles of medicine people (healers) in the African communities?

      

Give the roles of medicine people (healers) in the African communities.

  

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Maurice
(i) Assisting in dispelling witchcraft and magic.

(ii) Guiding and counselling people on various issues.

(iii) Training other medicine men or women.

(iv) Presiding over religious functions.

(v) Establishing the religious or physical causes of a disease.

(vi) Offering both herbal and psychological cure to the patient.

(vii) Offering protection against any illness or misfortune by use of protective charms.

(viii) Providing aid to increase productivity of the people, farms and animals.


maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 30, 2017 at 08:47


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