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Evelyn Hockstein

TIME/Polaris Images

June 21, 2006 - A woman possessed by the spirt of her ancestors shakes and convluvess during a meeting of spiritualists and traditional healers at Dr.Sekagya's forest school for tradiitional healers south of Kampala, Uganda. About a hundred students -- local healers, but also patients with AIDS looking for traditional treatments -- gather weekly under a glittering canopy. Along with the basics of hygiene and anatomy, students study the identification and use of local plants. Meanwhile, spiritualists chant, dance and drum to call down spirits and consult them for cures.

Evelyn Hockstein, "None," in POYi Archive, Item #45220, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/45220 (accessed November 22, 2024).