Introduction to Igbo Medicine and Culture: IgboMed (101)

Endogenous Medical Systems, Life and Culture

Created byDr. Patrick Iroegbu

Last updated 4/2012

English

Course content

1 section • 15 lectures • 6h 32m total length

Course Outline and General Introduction18:49
Course Outline Follow Table of Contents of Book Recommended - Introduction to Igbo Medicine and Culture (2010) by Patrick Iroegbu. Available online www. amazon.com Preface 5 Dedication 11 Acknowledgements 12 Chapter 1 Igbo societ…
Chapter 1: The Origin and Meaning of the Word “Igbo”: A Response to Ozodi Osuji’s Dilemma23:12
By Patrick Iroegbu patrickiroegbu@yahoo.com The course, "introduction to Igbo medicine and culture" as you will soon discover derives its meaning and context from Igbo society of Nigeria. Even though Igbo society should have been well known by all, you will also note that some Igbo scholars are ques…
Chapter 2: Igbo Medicine and Culture: The Concept of Dibia and Dibia Representations in Igbo Society of Nigeria37:56
By Patrick Iroegbu patrickiroegbu@yahoo.com Abstract Explored by this submission is the concept of dibia or healer and the representations of dibia, including the nuances of dibia and why being a dibia is a culturally endorsed professional role. Drawing from fieldwork and research, the paper shows…
Introduction to Igbo Medicine: IGBO MODES OF MOBILIZING EXTRAHUMAN FORCES TO RESPOND TO ILLNESS AND PROBLEMS IN SOCIETY - IGA N’AJUJU32:57
KWENU: Our Culture, Our Future Part 1 By PATRICK IROEGBU* [1] patrickiroegbu@yahoo.com Nobody Wants to Write in this Area; Why? I have had a long standing interest in exploring African medical systems. As such, I introduce to you a course in African medicine and the perspectives of its practi…
Introduction to Igbo Medicine: Why Do Igbo People Go to Ask? Ihe Ekwo Aju (Part 4)22:46
KWENU: Our Culture, Our Future By PATRICK IROEGBU * [1] patrickiroegbu@yahoo.com Introduction W hen people are faced with a severe condition of life such as illness, social, economic, and political problem, including accident, untimely death, un-employment, robbery, inability to marry, inabili…
Chapter 5A: Knowledge of Herbal Resources and Development of Practitioners in Nigerian Society (Part 1)28:44
By PATRICK IROEGBU* [1] Alberta, Canada patrickiroegbu@yahoo.com Monday, February 27, 2006 Abstract R ight education of all kinds can be good to elevate competency, identity and personhood of all those involved. Yet educating healers of the indigenous health care category has long been mixed w…
Chapter 5B: Knowledge of Herbal Resources and Development of Practitioners in Nigerian Society (Part 2)25:39
KWENU: Our Culture, Our Future By PATRICK IROEGBU Alberta, Canada patrickiroegbu@yahoo.com Monday, March 6, 2006 Part one of this article explained the context under which healers are perceived and labeled in the biomedical healthcare domain of the so-called westernized modern society. It showed…
Chapter 11: Expert Knowledge of Igbo Healers and Specific Illness as Insanity 44:20
Africa Development, Vol. XXX, No.3, 2005, pp. 78–92 © Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 2005 (ISSN 0850-3907) * Patrick E. Iroegbu is currently lecturer in anthropology at Grant MacEwan University, Edmonton Alberta, Canada. Healing Insanity: Skills and Expert Knowledg…
Chapter 8: Igbo-Okija Oracles and Shrines, Development and Cultural Justice32:00
By Patrick Iroegbu patrickiroegbu@yahoo.com Issue at stake To understand the Igbo oracles and shrines, such as Okija Shrines and their place in society, it is important to appreciate the Igbo cosmology of life and complex society. That is, the frame of life-forces, real and symbolic making up the…
Chapter 10: Book Review: The African Transformation of Western Medicine and the Dynamics of Global Cultural Exchange15:04
By Patrick Iroegbu patrickiroegbu@yahoo.com Author: David Baronov. Publisher: Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2008. Pages 248 I just picked up this book The African Transformation of Western Medicine and the Dynamics of Global Cultural Exchange written by David Baronov (2008) with a view t…
Chapter 11: Migration, Nigerian Connection and Mental Health Stresses38:47
By Patrick Iroegbu patrickiroegbu@yahoo.com Abstract Migration or checking out, in Nigerian parlance continues to be a wave of passion for business, studies, conferences, family reunion, political mobilization, entertainment, diplomacy and tourism. Reading this article will truly help to capture wha…
Chapter 10: President Obasanjo and A Magic Wand: Cultural Magic Metaphors and Political Administration23:58
By Patrick Iroegbu First Published in www.nigeriaworld.com (June 9, 2003) "In answering the challenge, we declared, without intending to dampen people's expectations, that it be borne in mind that we did not possess a 'magic wand' with which we could achieve instant transformation. …In answering the…
Chapter 13: Critical Articles and Responses: Case of Body-Piercing and Igbo Medical Cultural Insight 14:33
By Patrick Iroegbu First Published in BMJ, January 12, 2000 Body art: Marks of Identity by Janice Hopkins Tanne is well written but not wholesomely accounting [see http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/ful…
Chapter 14: Igbo Culture of Exposure and Science of Therapy: A Clue to Managing Challenges of Insanity in Our Today's Cultural World19:01
By Patrick Iroegbu patrickiroegbu@yahoo.com Abstract Holding a secret or covering up by a culture is considered a value. In all aspects of life, covering up provides a hope for honour and dignity to those involved. But not in all cases that keeping secret or covering up has helped practitioners of t…
Chapter 15: Significance of New Yam Festival in Igbo Society of Nigeriaand In-Diaspora: Emume Iwa Ji na Iri Ji Ohuru 14:34
A Note: The writing of this short article came as a special request by Dr. Chiemeka B. Ihejirika on the accasion of Organizing the first New Yam Festival in Edmonton of Canada in July 2010 in collaboration with the Isu Njaba People's Union of North America. Little did I know that this article as it…

Description

This course, entitled Introduction to Igbo Medicine and Culture (Igbomed 101) will discuss Igbo society, medical beliefs and practices. Issues such as dibia or healer and role will be explored. How healers are viewed and stereotyped and how they face conflict and competition from modern biomedical health system will be highlighted. Detailed analysis of how the Igbo form healers, explain illness, divine or diagnose causes will also be outlined. I want to show that I am experienced in this field and will discuss the issues like an expert. Professional presentation will follow. Questions will be answered as they come up. I will be using lecture method, books and articles, sometimes video clips to refer to issues as well as bring both theory and action into play as taken by healer practitioners in the field. The course will be dynamic and fascinating. You will become wiser and grateful that you followed this course. No other person to my knowledge offers a course as I am doing it in Igboland so far. Therefore consider yourself privileged to share this lecture and ethnographic insight straight from the researcher in Igboland of Nigeria.

We start with Chapter 1: In this lecture you will be introduced to the origin and meaning of the word "Igbo" based on the question of an Igbo scholar. It will get you into history and archeology from the perspective of anthropology of ethnicity, ancient world and migration to the first centre of human habitation and spread. Related societies such as Israel and Hebrew will be straightened up. The dibia or healer in Igbo society will be reviewed with a paper in that respect.

Required book: Introduction to Igbo Medicine and Culture in Nigeria (2010) by Patrick E. Iroegbu.

Introduction to Igbo Medicine and Culture: IgboMed (101)

Course content

Chapter 15: Significance of New Yam Festival in Igbo Society of Nigeriaand In-Diaspora: Emume Iwa Ji na Iri Ji Ohuru 15 lectures • 6hr 32min

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