Notions of Healing and Transcendence in the Trajectory of A frican Traditional Religion: Paradigm and Strategies

This paper examines the import of transcendence in illnesses and misfortunes as well as the place of healing in A frican traditional religion. The belief in medicine among Africans is the art of using available forces of nature to prevent disease and to restore and preserve health. It occupies a prominent position in the religious lives of A frican people. This article draws attention to the practice of several healing activities in A frican traditional religion in its attempts to restore health, exploring the indigenization of health care procedures and the role and function of God in A frican medicine and healing. This work shows that the concept of God is central in A frican religion and plays a prominent role in its healing ministry. The paper concludes with a suggestion about what could constitute a collective synergy for Western orthodox and A frican traditional medicine.