Perceptions about Epilepsy in the Limpopo Province of the Republic of South Africa
In rural African communities, there are widespread beliefs that epilepsy is due to possession of bewitchment by evil spirits or the devil. There is also a belief that the transmission of the disease is by physical contact, such as by saliva (Osuntokun 1990:106). In central Africa, as well as in Sub-...
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