Sexual Abuse Surviviors and the Complex of Traditional Healing

IN ITS EFFORTS TOASSIST POST-CONFLIKCT SOCIETIES IN AFRICA the international aid community has acitvely promoted projects of psycho-social healing among people traumatized during wars and violent conἀict. To a large degree these projects have been established in the tradtion of Western psychology. More recently, however, it has been realized in order to help survivors of war effectivley it is necessary to adapt projects and enhance local psycho-social healing.