Film · 2012 · Documentary
This film explores the integration of religion and plant-based medicine in an Ewe vodu community in southern Togo. A village priest healer, local ethnobotanists, and a religious marketeer guide us through the medicinal and religious uses of many local plants and herbs. Here in West Africa, plant-based medicines permeate spirituality and illness, and help protect the social order of the community.
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This film explores the integration of religion and plant-based medicine in an Ewe vodu community in southern Togo. A village priest healer, local ethnobotanists, and a religious marketeer guide us through the medicinal and religious uses of many local plants and herbs. Here in West Africa, plant-based medicines permeate spirituality and illness, and help protect the social order of the community.
African Herbsmen: Healing and Religion along the Bight of Benin (2012) is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The 36m documentary directed by Eric Montgomery is rated 0.0/10 by — viewers.
African Herbsmen: Healing and Religion along the Bight of Benin was released on January 1, 2012.
African Herbsmen: Healing and Religion along the Bight of Benin was directed by Eric Montgomery.
African Herbsmen: Healing and Religion along the Bight of Benin has a runtime of 36 minutes.
African Herbsmen: Healing and Religion along the Bight of Benin is categorized as Documentary.
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