Comments on other things amanzi: savages

anonymous, one small difference is that these body...

2009-08-20T22:44:34.815+02:00

anonymous, one small difference is that these body parts were destined to become so called medicine of so called traditional healers which are sanctioned and even lauded by our so called leaders.

putting it all together, our government actually encourages the whole traditional healer thing, even advising hiv positive people to first get treatment from these people before seeking anti-retrovirals. it is now public knowledge that there is an active trade in body parts to said 'traditional healers'. by implication our great and mighty government is fine with this.

just this week i treated a man who defaulted on his hiv treatment in favour of sangoma treatment (maybe a severed hand works better???). so the body parts theft, shocking in itself, is much more shocking in our context when you consider the reason behind it and the powers that be that condone it indirectly.

So sorry to hear they went through that. I don't ...

2009-08-20T19:46:50.346+02:00

So sorry to hear they went through that. I don't think it is specific to any country/people/nation. We've had similar thefts here in the states from mortuary directors. Lots of news was made a few years back when it was found that cadaver tissue/bone was not 'donated' but stolen and sold to the company on the black market. Sad none the less.

muti, read the post. in the post i specifically me...

2009-08-18T19:29:23.535+02:00

muti, read the post. in the post i specifically mentioned that i checked. also i didn't say a sangoma took it. he just claimed it wasn't there. he went on to claim his entire body wasn't there.
again, read the post.

So your psychi patient you interviewed when a medi...

2009-08-18T19:00:09.691+02:00

So your psychi patient you interviewed when a medical student: who said a sangoma had nicked his penis............did you check? maybe he didnt have a penis. i have recently nursed a true hermaphridite on a psych ward. he said he was a woman. basically if you look there: he she is both.

There is no geographic limitation on savagery.

2009-08-18T06:23:22.302+02:00

There is no geographic limitation on savagery.

I am a child of Africa, yet still I shake my head ...

2009-08-18T00:05:12.028+02:00

I am a child of Africa, yet still I shake my head and say Eish!! Yet somehow this doesn't surprise me at all. Some things have not changed, even in 20 years ...

same here, Ramona :(

2009-08-17T21:03:40.294+02:00

same here, Ramona :(

Stunned.

2009-08-17T19:27:42.048+02:00

Stunned.