Chiefs and Rural Health Services in South-Western Nigeria, c. 1920—c. 1950s

Summary This article examines the role of African chiefs in the administration of colonial medicine in rural south-western Nigeria, emphasising the adaptive ways they navigated a difficult position between colonial medical authorities and indigenous medical legitimacy. Whereas colonial authorities e...

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Published in:	Social history of medicine : the journal of the Society for the Social History of Medicine Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 589 - 611
Main Authors:	Adetiba, Adedamola, Msindo, Enocent
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Oxford University Press 01.05.2022
Subjects:	rural healthcare Nigeria Chiefs - Southwestern Nigeria colonial health services Nigeria health services Nigeria Healthcare southwestern Nigeria
ISSN:	0951-631X, 1477-4666
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