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|  | | Healing Insanity: A Study of Igbo Medicine in Contemporary Nigeria
A unique and excellent ethnographic book focusing on cultures and healing resources set on the Igbo of Nigeria.
span style="font-size: larger">span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">Healing Insanity: A Study of Igbo Medicine in Contemporary Nigeria (2010) was published by Xlibris Corporation in USA. The book is concerned with first of all to be a groundbreaking attempt to study and explain what is Igbo medicine and why is it central to Igbo culture up to today? When people show efforts to explain how they feel and deal with their health issues and society, they are telling a strong story practitioners and governments faced with health care policies and developmen | |  | | Introduction to Igbo Medicine and Culture in Nigeria
This seminal book "Introduction to Igbo Medicine and Culture in Nigeria" presents a collection of rich and well researched essays by the author which are devoted to Igbo Medicine issues and development. It lays bare factors useful for more research with regard to development, concrete awareness and application to our obvious needs.
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This book, i>Introduction to Igbo Medicine and Culture in Nigeria /i>is a collection of rich essays devoted to Igbo medicine issues in contemporary Nigeria. Over many years, the author has through teaching, research and publications made useful contributions to African studies, in particular, Igbo studies in the field of endougenous knowledge and healing pragmatics. In view of calls by readers and commentators, putting these essays together for a publication of this ki | |  | | Marrying Wealth, Marrying Poverty (2007)
Marrying Wealth, Marrying Poverty, is a book with a fascinating glimpse of study of the lives of the Igbo women and men of Southeast Nigeria in the context of bridewealth and power. It defly explores the implications, complexities, and paradoxes of Igbo bridewealth traditions and provides groundbreaking insights. Through case studies, on bridewealth and marriage, culture, gender, and feminist senses, it illustrates a carnival of the power relations after marriage. It equally demnstrates how bridewealth has remained a strong tradition among the Igbo - encompassing their notions of kinship, social organization and gender power dynamics. The book is in itself a unique ethnographic piece of work for students, instructors, researchers and also a vital ressource for social policy makers and the reading public in culture theory and application of gender and bridewealth power after marriage.
| |  | | The Kpim of Feminism: Issues and Women in a Changing World
The Kpim of Feminism provides insight into the issues challenging women and men. It is written with the hope to provide strong basis towards empowering women to cope with their desperation to assume equality with men in all apects of politics, economics, and social issues. Areas where women had experienced discrimination and low class are highlighted. And the debates and controversies around the issues explored are deeply detailed. The book serves as an introduction to the philosophy of Feminism and as a reader. It therefore offers emphasis that pertain to social science of women's movements in the modern world.
This is a book worth buying to read and to understand the key issues affecting women and feminist movements across cultures, in particular Africa. Scholars drew from their personal experiences and professional fields of knowledge to disccuss women and thier issues in a changing world. It is recommended for policy, students and researchers. The book is described as a harvest of feminist scholarship with insightful contributions. The book is one of the series from i>The Kpim Book Series Project of the Fr. Prof. Pantaleon Foundation /i>being Co-ordinated by Dr. Patrick Iroegbu of the De | |  | | The Kpim of Social Order: A Season of Inquiry
The Kpim of Social Order brought together rich essays that address the meaning and significance of social order for issues, rights, knowledge and developmentin a world faced with social uprising.
p style="text-align: justify">span style="font-size: larger">span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">We announce with deep excitement the press release of our New Book entitled: em>strong>The Kpim of Social Order: A Season of Inquiry, Meaning and Significance in the Modern World./strong>/em> Published by Xlibris Publishing Corporation, USA. Detailed in 678 pages and organized in 40 chapters. Edited by three professors, beautifully designed and easy to read. Copies are available through local bookstore's order desk or at these Online bookstores: /span>/span>span style="font-size: larg |
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