Reflecting on African-centred Psychology with Professor Nhlanhla Mkhize
In this short video [uploaded by the Transdisciplinary African Psychologies Programme (TAP) of the Unisa Institute for Social and Health Sciences], Professor Nhlanhla Mkhize, Deputy Vice Chancellor and Head of the College of Humanities at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) reflects on African-centered psychology and how it is informed by the African continent (including assumptions, values and epistemologies). This video was shot at the 2019 Congress of the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA).
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It seems the efforts of decolonising mental health is a process of including Bantu culture in a western system. Bantu Mental health on the other hand describes mental health as a mind infection. It is a science that can be understood when viewing life from an energy point of view rather than from a material point of view. reduced energy levels in people attract lower life forms that infect the patient's mind with a thought process. Bantu mental health then seeks to remove the lower life forms and the stagnant energy in the patient. Depression is healed in this way by Bantu practitioners. The book "Bantu Holyscripture" explains the science behind it as it is not a belief system but a science with a clear case ans effect.
@CourageousConquerers-yu8xd
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Thank you for the reflection, there is a need to dig deep into such topics.
@samkelongwenya3638
3 ай бұрын
I didn't even know Bantu healing practices had documentation and a science behind them. Thank you, I'll go check it out ❤