DAL GICIARO AL KIBURU COLLETTIVO: La trasformazione dello statuto professionale del mugao tharaka nel contesto nazionale kenyano

The article continues the analysis, already started in the first part, of the process of professional transformation of the Tharaka medicine of Kenya by taking into account the history of the foundation and development of the seven groups of agao (healers) arisen between 1985 and 1994. After giving...

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Published in:Africa (Roma) 1996-09, Vol.51 (3), p.317-339
Main Author: Giarelli, Guido
Format: Article
Language:Italian
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Summary:The article continues the analysis, already started in the first part, of the process of professional transformation of the Tharaka medicine of Kenya by taking into account the history of the foundation and development of the seven groups of agao (healers) arisen between 1985 and 1994. After giving a descriptive account of them, the author analyses their ways of making, the internal dynamics, the rudimentary formulation of a deontological code, and the innovations produced in the professional practice; suggesting to consider such processes as part of an overall transformation of the «professional statute» of the mugao well-grounded on a new form of organic solidarity. Finally, the problems of the integration of indigenous medicine in the national health care system and of its legitimacy are taken into account within the framework of both the present-day Tharaka community and the Kenyan political context. L'article continue l'analyse du procès de transformation professionnelle de la médecine des Tharaka du Kenya en prenant en considération l'historié de la création et du développement des 7 groupes de agao (guérisseurs) nés entre 1985 et 1994. Après avoir donné un résumé descriptif, l'auteur analyse les modalités de transformation, les dynamiques internes, l'élaboration rudimentaire d'un code déontologique et les innovations intervenues dans la pratique professionnelle, en proposant de considérer ces procès comme éléments d'une globale transformation du «statut professionnel» du mugao fondé sur une nouvelle forme de solidarieté organique. Enfin, on prend en considération les problèmes de l'intégration de la medicine indigène dans le système sanitaire national et de sa légitimation dans le domaine soit de la communauté actuelle soit du contexte politique du Kenya.
ISSN:0001-9747