Notes. Bibliogr. dissém. Index.

Cultural Categories and the Power of Ambiguity / Jacobson-Widding, A. -- Notions of Heat and Fever among the Manyika of Zimbabwe / Jacobson-Widding, A. -- Gender Metaphors in Maladies and Medicines : The symbolism of protective charms among the Giriama of Kenya / Udvardy, M. -- The Meaning of Illness among the Koma of Northern Nigeria / Paarup-Laursen, B. -- Why Trees are Medicine : Aspects of Maasai cosmology / Arhem, K. -- Incorporating the Unknown : The power of Southern Somali medicine / Helander, B. -- Personal Experience and Official Ideology : The illness of the double bind / Jacobson-Widding, A. -- Confessions of Guilt and Restoration to Health : Some illustrative Zulu examples / Berglund, A.-I. -- Curse as a Manifestation of Broken Human Relationships among the Meru of Tanzania / Harhula, R. -- The Epidemiological Aspect of Spirit Possession among the Maasai of Tanzania / Hurskainen, A. -- Possession as Cure : The Ayaana cult among the Waso Borana / Dahl, G. -- Indigenous Pluralism and Multiple Medical Systems / Westerlund, D. -- Pluralism and Change : A comparative and historical approach to african disease etiologies / Westerlund, D. -- Witchraft as Explanation : The case of the Zinza / Bjerke, S. -- Philosophy of Medicine among the Maasai / Olsson, T. -- Healer, Witch, Prophet or Modern Health Worker? The changing role of Ngaka ya Setswana / Ingstad, B. -- Manipulation of Multiple Health Systems in the Coastal Regions of Tanzania / Swantz, M.-L. -- Anthropological Approaches to African Misfortune : From religion to medicine / Whyte, S.R.