Medical Missionaries and Colonial Knowledge in West Africa and Europe, 1885-1914 Purity, Health and Cleanliness

This open access book offers an entangled history of hygiene by showing how knowledge of purity, health and cleanliness was shaped by evangelical medical missionaries and their encounters with people in West Africa. By tracing the interactions and negotiations of six Basel Mission doctors, who pract...

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Main Author: Ratschiller Nasim, Linda Maria (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature 2023
Series:Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
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