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AFRICAN MEDICINE The 21st century has begun with a global health crisis of new and re-emerging diseases spiralling out of control, which coupled with escalating violence and poverty, threatens to cripple entire communities and countries. To tackle this crisis, it is currently essential that the Medical community work to access and harness as many resources and partners as possible. One of the resources often overlooked and underestimated, is the role of traditional medicine and healers, and the potential contributions they can make at many levels of health care delivery. One of the most famous traditional medicine being African medicine. Yorubic medicine is native to and widely practiced on the African continent. Yorubic medicine has its roots in the Ifa Corpus, a religious text revealed by the mystic Prophet Orunmila, over 4000 years ago in the ancient city of Ile-Ife, now known as Yorubaland. Within the last 400 years, this healing system...

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