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Award of Excellence
Evelyn Hockstein TIME/Polaris
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A man possessed by the spirt of his 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.
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