Abstract

This paper is a commentary on the potential as well as its limitations and challenges for African traditional medicine. The term 'African traditional medicine' (also called African folk medicine or African indigenous medicine or African ethno-medicine) as used in this paper refers to the indigenous medicine of Africa, based on traditional indigenous knowledge systems (traditional medicinal knowledge) and passed down, by word of mouth, from generation to generation within the particular indigenous community either along familial lines or traditional apprenticeships.

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