0cm;margin-left:142.45pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify">
mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-US">Hu ìwà síi bi Ènìyàn
-.05pt"> ẹléṛan ara (Act

towards them as Human beings with flesh): An

Ethical Theory of Interaction in African Traditional
-.5pt"> Medicine (ATM) is
-.5pt"> a book that can be described as a

trailblazer in developing
-.45pt"> the field of bioethics. The book clearly reemphasizes the need to have

discussion in the field of bioethics, particularly for African contexts. The indigenous African title of this book, Hu

ìwà síi bi Ènìyàn ẹlé ran ara

ara: An Ethical Theory of

Interaction in African Traditional Medicine (ATM), which has been

translated as: ‘Act towards them as Human

beings with flesh’

shows a novel and conscious return to African thoughts,

this time not just for the sake of returning to African thoughts, but to engage

thinkers in ethics and bioethics.

11.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"> 

11.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">The method used in this book

lends credence to the aim, which is to develop an ethical theory of interaction

in African Traditional Medicine (ATM), useable in bioethical discourses. The

field of bioethics appreciates contexts, which makes the scope of the book very
-.25pt"> interesting. The book

draws attention to an area that many researchers have not paid attention to,

either because they do not believe that it is worth the effort, or they simply

do not find it comparable to western practices. The interface between the

practitioners of African Traditional Medicine and their patients’ needs a lot

of study because of the high patronage
-.75pt"> of traditional care around the globe, especially
-.75pt"> in the face of the new normal the whole world is experiencing.
-.6pt"> The World Health Organization
-.65pt"> has noted that traditional health

care is the most available in many parts of the world and can no longer

be discredited as ineffective.

0cm;margin-left:142.45pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify">The author of this book has been engaged in various research

in the
.15pt"> field of African Traditional medicine, and this book is a
mso-font-width:95%">good way to engage

students and researchers
-.25pt"> in the field

of bioethics. It is

interesting that the author has not claimed to respond to all the bioethical

concerns, he says this book should open further discussion, and that much, the

book has achieved. This book is coming at a time when the curriculum of

bioethics is evolving and the need to pay attention

to theories from the Global South is increasing.