Faith-based healing and African traditional medicine in Zimbabwe: A postcolonial perspective

Rugwiji, Temba

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“…The Madagascar issue is a typical example of how the Westerners have negatively looked at IKS as possible remedies to ailments. Commenting on the attitudes of modern health systems on IKS, Masoga and Shokane (2020) and Rugwiji (2019Rugwiji ( , 2008 postulated that "…the African way of dealing with ailments are perceived as evil and satanic." However, this chapter makes use of a plethora of ethno-medical testimonies by people who claim to have used IKS as remedies to curb COVID-19.…”

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Going back to the Roots : Tapping into African Indigenous Knowledge Systems as a Response to COVID-19

Chimininge

2023

Religion and Health in a COVID-19 Context : Experiences From Zimbabwe

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused chaos around the world, taking its toll on human lives and economic activities. By May 2021, COVID-19 had infected over one hundred and sixty million people globally and killed more than three million, with the highest reported in North America, South America, and Europe in the first year, and the worst surge of the second year occurring in India. However, one of the great mysteries of the COVID-19 has been its relatively smaller impact on the African region, which endures high burdens of other infectious diseases such as HIV and AIDS. While Africa south of the Sahara is home to sixteen percent of the world's population, its share of reported COVID-19 cases is three percent of the global case count, more than a year after the first COVID-19 cases were diagnosed in China (Praag and Arnson, 2021). This low prevalent rate can be explained by underlying differences in the effectiveness and timing of control measures such as low rates of testing, under-reporting, or the use of African indigenous knowledge remedies. This study, therefore, explores the effectiveness of the African Indigenous Knowledge System (AIKS) in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe. The paper adopts qualitative research methods. Data were collected through interview discussions (IDs), newspaper articles, and posters.

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Going back to the Roots : Tapping into African Indigenous Knowledge Systems as a Response to COVID-19

Chimininge

2023

Religion and Health in a COVID-19 Context : Experiences From Zimbabwe

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Rebuilding the broken walls of Zimbabwe with the Church, leadership and followership

Tagwirei

2024

Verbum et Ecclesia

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Biblically and historically, Christianity is meant to enlighten people, transform lives, and develop responsible and effective leaders and followers who influence life-building change across generations and borders. Somehow, even while churches mushroom everywhere, selfishness, irresponsible citizenship, moral decadence, systematic corruption, and related travails proliferate and are sinking Zimbabwe into monumental political, economic and social crises. Meanwhile, the holistic mission of the Church has been narrowed down to proclamation, while demonstration of the gospel has lost attention, and the integral mission has become socialised and secularised. As a result, Christian principles of leadership and followership, such as stewardship, servanthood, responsible citizenship and all-encompassing service delivery, have become correspondingly elusive. The ruling government of Zimbabwe has been militantly silencing dissenting voices and the nation has a dire need for a prophetic voice to speak about reformation. Meanwhile the Church is sheepish, divided, erratic, somewhat inaudible and this submission addresses that gap. Some Church members appear helpless and hopeless, while countless others are migrating to cool off in neighbouring countries, to seek greener pastures, political and socio-economic relief. Thus, many Zimbabweans – those who are scattered and those still in Zimbabwe – are in critical need of a great revival. By reflecting on the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s broken walls by Nehemiah, and employing an in-depth analysis of available transformational leadership and Christian literature, this article calls for an inclusive, spiritual, strategic and integrally missionary revival, to achieve a revolutionary transformation of leadership, followership, and nation building.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This article interfaces ecclesiology and transformational leadership with politics for inclusive transformation.

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Faith-based healing and African traditional medicine in Zimbabwe: A postcolonial perspective

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Going back to the Roots : Tapping into African Indigenous Knowledge Systems as a Response to COVID-19

Going back to the Roots : Tapping into African Indigenous Knowledge Systems as a Response to COVID-19

Rebuilding the broken walls of Zimbabwe with the Church, leadership and followership

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