Abstract
In discussing beliefs in witchcraft in Africa, Gluckman (2) points out that native beliefs in witchcraft not only persist in the face of continuing acculturation but often expand and change to meet the exigencies of new life situations. In fact, the impact of science, and particularly the impact of modem medicine, on previously nonliterate Africans actually inhibits their traditional beliefs and practices much less than might be expected; and although it would be incorrect to assert that Africans have rejected moder medicine-rejected, say modem germ theories of disease-the fact remains that they sustain the basic structure of their traditional
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