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Chapter 3. TOOLS OF THE TRADE

“I was a Blacksmith . . . Before I Became [a Healer]”

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Map x
INTRODUCTION 1
Chapter 1. LIBATION 17
Chapter 2. HOMELANDS 44
Chapter 3. TOOLS OF THE TRADE 73
Chapter 4. MEDICINE, MARRIAGE, AND POLITICS 107
Chapter 5. INDEPENDENCES 137
Chapter 6. ANTHROPOLOGIES OF MEDICINE AND AFRICA 166
Chapter 7. UNCERTAIN MOMENTS AND MEMORY 195
EPILOGUE 228
Notes 239
Bibliography 287
Index 307

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Map x
INTRODUCTION 1
Chapter 1. LIBATION 17
Chapter 2. HOMELANDS 44
Chapter 3. TOOLS OF THE TRADE 73
Chapter 4. MEDICINE, MARRIAGE, AND POLITICS 107
Chapter 5. INDEPENDENCES 137
Chapter 6. ANTHROPOLOGIES OF MEDICINE AND AFRICA 166
Chapter 7. UNCERTAIN MOMENTS AND MEMORY 195
EPILOGUE 228
Notes 239
Bibliography 287
Index 307

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