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When indigenous healing knowledge feels shameful

The traditional medicine my grandmother taught me actually works better than anything doctors have given my family but I'm afraid to share this knowledge because people might think I'm primitive.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Internalized cultural hierarchy can create shame around traditional knowledge that proves more effective than dominant alternatives.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous spiritualities — Africa?”

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