A History of Traditional Herbal and Medical Association in the Ilorin Emirate, 1975 to 2010
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2022
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Department of History and Diplomatic Studies, Taisolarin University
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Traditional medical and herbal practitioners have since time immemorial used their crafts to ensure the survival and sustainability of several African communities. Their knowledge, wisdom, technical know-how, herbal formulae and spiritual prowess had in one time or the other safeguarded their communities from calamities, epidemics, danger, wars and crises that might have wiped-out their communities from the surface of the earth. Through their collaborations and association, the herbal practitioners secured a better bargain and protected the interests of their members in the colonial and post-colonial period. Association of the traditional medical practitioner used their strength to secure unity, protection, security and an enabling environment for their operation. In the twenty first century, the Nigerian Association of Medical Herbalist collaborated with government and its agencies, and other professional associations such as the Nigeria Medical Association, West African Society for Pharmacology (WASP) and the academia to conform to standard and contemporary realities.
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Herbal and Medical Association, Ilori Emirate, Traditional Medicine, Oba Isegun, Spiritualists
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Historical Scholarship, Society and Educational Development in Nigeria. A Festchrift in Honour of Professor Rasheed Owoyele Ajetunmobi