Medicine men of Africa : part I
- Date
1967
- Summary
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The effectiveness of the African medicine man or “witch doctor” has been a subject of much speculation among the lay public and professional medical men for many years. In this program a Western physician investigates the work of “witch doctors” in Nigeria. The viewer is shown actual “healing” sessions and sees the results of what many doctors believe is mass hypnosis induced in his patients by the “witch doctor.” Nigerian physicians and psychiatrists give their explanations of the healing phenomenon.
- Contributors
Philip Daly; Geoff Mulligan; Geoff Tookey; David Prowitt; Don Feldstein; Ted Walter; Alan Dykes; Dr. Steven Black
- Publishers
National Educational Television; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
- Genres
Educational; Documentary; Medical (Nonfiction); Ethnographic
- Subjects
Africa, West; Shamans
- Collection
National Educational Television
- Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.