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Scarification in sub‐Saharan Africa: social skin,remedy and medical import |
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| Authors: | Roland Garve Miriam Garve Jens C Türp Julius N Fobil Christian G Meyer |
| Institution: | 1. Center for Natural and Cultural History of Man, Danube Private University, Krems, Austria;2. Department of Quality Management and Accreditation, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany;3. University Center for Dental Medicine Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland;4. Department of Biological, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana;5. Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam;6. Institute for Tropical Medicine, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany;7. Health Focus GmbH, Potsdam, Germany |
| Abstract: | Various forms of body modification may be observed in sub‐Saharan Africa. Hypotheses and theories of scarification and tribal marking in sub‐Saharan Africa are described, plus the procedure of scarification, examples from several African countries, assumed effects in prevention and treatment of diseases, and the medical risks resulting from unsterile manipulation. |
| Keywords: | scarification theories of tribal marking social significance medical consequences of scarification sub‐Saharan Africa scarification thé ories du marquage tribal importance sociale consé quences mé dicales de la scarification Afrique subsaharienne escarificació n teorí a de marcaje tribal significado social consecuencias mé dicas de la escarificació n Á frica subsahariana |