Abstract
An extensive field study of the Agni of West Africa was made in 1966 by P. PARIN, F. MORGENTHALER, and G. PARIN-MATTEY. Many techniques were resorted to, ranging from the Rorschach to what they call psychoanalytically oriented dialogue. Their book on the Agni offers a rich gamut of data which are interpreted in the light of "ethnopsychoanalysis." H. COLLOMB, R. GUENA, and B. DIOP show how childbearing in Senegalese populations is often ridden with fear and anxiety stemming from cultural values and how defense mechanisms are culturally provided. According to these authors, the pathology of childbearing is undoubtedly related to traditional cultural factors as well as to new elements brought about by recent sociocultural changes.
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