Sociology

This I Believe . . .
I believe in African science.  It is the one in which I have been brought up. I believe in African medicine it is the livelihood of my strength. I have nourished my health on it.  The African culture can not go unnoticed.  Did you know that the African medicine has its own specialists Not all of us can be traditional healers. Even if you were an African, it wouldnt be as easy to be a traditional healer.  You would have to belief and be inculcated in to it.  It is inherited or learned by assimilation and practice.
Long a go, when my grand mother and grand father were live and kicking, strong and energetic, bold and beautiful, it is the time they introduced me to the African tradition.  My grand father was a medicine man and my grandmother a sorcerer.  She could expel demons and cure the bewitched.  At five years, grand mother took me around the compound, introducing me to the commonly used herbal treatment plants.  Some which she used to cure stomach problems diarrhea or stomach ache, so that whenever I went herding goats and cattle I would use them if I got sick.  

There were those that were used to cure extreme headache, back pains, joint pains as well as general body weakness.  I strongly believe in the African heritage because it is my mother culture. My grand father, on the other hand, was the master to every community illnesses and their cures.  He had inherited the culture form my great grand parents who introduced him to it.  He was until his death famous for the treatment he offered to the majority of the community.

I vividly remember what happened one night while we slept.  A witch came to our compound and started performing her rituals.  Unfortunately, she would not complete it before dawn because my grandfather had already guarded our compound such that whoever tried to bewitch us would be found stuck and unconscious in the compound the following day.  The funny thing is that whenever you found this witch stuck, you needed not talk to them because that would mean that you curing their unconsciousness and that she were free to leave.

This time, my grand father summoned the whole village to view the free movie that was set before them.  All the village elders and villagers arrived at the scene and saw it all in the broad day light.  This was very embarrassing because the woman continued to perform her rituals even when the villagers were allover the place.

Yes, African science in action, it is real not a fiction but an experience. Then my grand father decided to cure her of her witches and sound a warning to every member of the community, to be sure not to try bewitching another because it was malicious and not a good practice.  The power of the African science that I believe in cured the woman.

 What a lovable practice To move around your compound and get medicine from the natural, non synthetic, green vegetation, both herbaceous and stem plants and there roots. The most challenging thing with my believe is the Christian religion that states that witchcraft is bad and witches should be converted. What if they are not converted what should we use to treat and cure their malice if not the traditional medicine men and the sorcerers. I believe that we should co exist both the Christians and the non Christians.  If all the two types of medicines are working both the modern and the traditional why cant we use them according to our desires. I believe that two can be used and perform perfectly well.