Bibliograph

Safe in a midwife's hands, birthing traditions from Africa to the American South, Linda Janet Holmes

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Label

Safe in a midwife's hands, birthing traditions from Africa to the American South, Linda Janet Holmes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-184) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Safe in a midwife's hands

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1358747936

Responsibility statement

Linda Janet Holmes

Sub title

birthing traditions from Africa to the American South

Summary

"Based on interviews the author conducted with Black midwives in Ghana, Ethiopia, and Kenya as well as in the American South, details the parallels between African and Black American birthing traditions that have survived hundreds of years of colonization, slavery, and Jim Crow"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Korogocho: massage techniques, spiritual cleansings, urban gardens -- Baringo County: naming traditions, pouring libations, preparing fermented milk -- Wolaita Sodo: caretakers of the process -- Afar: timeless bonds, smoking the mother, extended care -- Kpana: healing plants, upright birthing, afterbirth ceremony -- Ejura: lineage apprenticeships, spiritual cleansings, born with the gift -- Montgomery: massage, birthing prayers, burial of the placenta -- Lowndes County: medicinal herbs, dirt dauber tea, craving earth -- Selma, Dallas County: outdooring ceremony, keeping a birth fire, elements of protection -- Mobile and beyond: advisors, advocates, lifetime caregivers -- Hampton to Charlottesville: rebirthing midwife traditions -- Epilogue: Unearthing Black midwife stories

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