Health and Integrative Wellness
Mapping Wellness and Its Cultural Psychology in Contemporary Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22130197 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Michael (0000-0002-2264-3547, Nasarawa State University, corresponding author), Nathan Chiroma (0000-0002-9507-0559, Pan Africa Christian University), Hauwa’u Evelyn Yusuf (Kaduna State University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 157-166 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Bulletin of Mission Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2396-9393 • E-ISSN: 2396-9407 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2396939320968005 |
| OpenAlex | W3109423814 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The present work probes the ethnocultural psychology of African people in the creative negotiations of wellness across healing spaces. Using data drawn from ethnographic method, the research engages the cultural dynamics in the emerging ethnomedical conversations among 250 sick clients of African healing shrines, over 50 contemporary practitioners of African healing shrines, 40 biomedical doctors and nurses, and 40 church workers/Christian healers in Nigeria and Ghana. The findings of this research suggest that there are dialogic paths of ecumenical interaction, active routes of referral systems, and social contours of transborder spiritualities across contemporary African healing spaces
Alternative medicine · Dialogic · Ethnography · Negotiation · Pedagogy · Social science · Sociology · Spiritualities · Spirituality · African cultural and philosophical studies · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |