Heritage Month | The power of traditional medicine
Most of the writings in the Ancestral Voices Collection relate to history or social practices. Of the 342 writings currently uploaded into the collection, 26 relate to medicine or the treatment of spiritual, psychological and physical illness; 13 relate to metalworking; while 10 detail the practices of woodcarving, leatherwork and pottery.
In modern times, there are white physicians who are much more educated with regard to medical treatment than our grandparents. Therefore, this is strictly just a commentary on traditional healing.” We would make fire, which would generate red-hot embers, which we would use to smelt hoes. The firewood gathered would be piled up to the height of a house or even higher.
Once the ore was in the smelting furnace, an expert was summoned with the chemicals to put into the smelting furnace so that the ore could come out as solid iron. I had learnt the skills to do this job from my father, who used to do it himself.”
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