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ABSTRACT

This paper is an examination of the practice of traditional medicine in Africa. It is generally believed that all societies have its own knowledge system, and that any society that lacks this capability is said to lack its own mind process. There is hardly any society without one, this paper therefore set out to show how and properly understand the culture, practice, traditional beliefs, spiritual climate and practices in African medicine. Central to the practices of African medicine is the knowledge system and myths surrounding it. The study analyses these myths and its potency in healing process, highlighting its epistemological and scientific efficacy. The paper concludes that although, there are scientific approaches in the practice of African traditional medicine, but more needs to be done in the discovery and demystification of certain practices to establish its epistemological validity.