Traditional Medicine and Healing in The Bamenda Grasslands of Cameroon Since Pre-Colonial Times

Abstract

Traditional medicine and healing has been part and parcel of the communities and peoples of the Bamenda Grasslands of Cameroon since pre-colonial times and has stood the test of time. Traditional medicine and healing in the Bamenda Grasslands was sustained through constant practice, tolerance, research and innovation. If the Bamenda Grasslands is popular in Cameroons social settings, it is largely due to the influence of traditional medicine. It is in this context that this paper seeks to examine traditional medicine as a measure in disease treatment within the Bamenda Grasslands since the pre-colonial era. The paper further probes into the dynamics of Bamenda Grassfields traditional medicine. It builds on primary and secondary data to show that traditional medicine and healing helped in no small way in the treatment of prevalent diseases and contributed to the welfare of the people of the Cameroon Grasslands.