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4 years agomꜣ ꜥty ꜥkꜣ – Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics 4 years ago · Does anyone know if there is an indigenous Afrikan term for iatrogenesis?
Here is the definition: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iatrogenic
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Haven’t heard of any-
If it doesn’t already exist in Kiswahili I bet you could create it. It’d be some combination of “origin” and “healer”/”doctor”, so that it’s conveyed that the origin of the malady comes from the doctor.
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I think the reason it doesn’t exist is a difference in worldview. I haven’t heard of iatrogenesis in Black Afrikan medicine in practice
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That makes sense. I do think it would be good to have an indigenous term to explain yurugu medical failures.
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That could work but it would need the name “mzungu” somewhere to emphasize that it’s yurugu’s failures and Black Afrikans are not involved
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