(Department of Religous Studies, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2011-02-03) Tasie, George
This article draws attention to the devastating impact of global wanning
African indigenous religion. It x-rays how global wanning has led to the
extinction of time honoured medicinal plants and herbs, and species of
animals and fishes considered essential in traditional rituals and medicine. It
further argues that global wanning has also introduced a variety of new
diseases, which the generality of African traditional medicine practitioners
are finding increasingly difficult to grapple with. This, as the paper observes,
has opened a new window of challenge to traditional medicine men, diviners,
herbalists and a host of other specialists who are saddled with the
responsibility of predicting, explaining and controlling our space world.