Prawo, polityka i praktyka – podstawy legitymizacji (i delegitymizacji) medycyny „tradycyjnej” w Tanzanii
Law, politics and practice – the bases of legitimizing (and delegitimizing) “traditional” medicine in Tanzania

Author(s): Olga Pawlik
Subject(s): Anthropology, Cultural history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, 19th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Tanzania; law; traditional medicine; John Pombe Magufuli
Summary/Abstract: The article gives a brief overview of the changes that have occurred in recent years (2015–2021) in the practice of “traditional” medicine in Tanzania and of the network of not always obvious links that led to these changes. I will walk the reader through the law to which traditional medicine practitioners are subject, the dynamics of its enforcement, and the direct impact that the recently deceased President John Pombe Magufuli has had on this and other aspects of social life in Tanzania. The article is based on fieldwork research conducted in 2015–2021, Tanzanian legal documents, and press reports on the political situation in that country.

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