African Traditional Healthcare as a Model for Sustaining Life in a Globalized World: Issues Involved

Abstract

Africans believe that life, its preservation and enhancement is pivotal to their existence. As such both the spiritual, physical and material wellbeing of an individual is valued and protected. Thus, African traditional healthcare system from time immemorial handles and delivers quality healthcare that preserve and enhance life. Unfortunately, the emergence of orthodox medicine seems to portray Africans healthcare system as object of mockery and caricature. Yet, the orthodox medicine seems to be ineffective in handling certain cases such as nsi (poison/paranormal ailments). This paper is a qualitative one using descriptive method of data interpretation and analysis. Thus, the paper reechoed the impact of African traditional healthcare especially in areas of trado-orthopedic therapy and treatment of paranormal ailments like Nsi. Therefore, the researcher recommends the need to showcase the pride of African Traditional Healthcare in handling serious health cases with a view to presenting it as a model for the globalized. research.