Browsing Anthropology and Sociology by Author "Gibson, Diana"
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Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used to manage High Blood Pressure and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Bitterfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Davids, Denver; Gibson, Diana; Johnson, Quinton (Elsevier, 2016)ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: The aim of this study was to identify and document medicinal plants used to manage High Blood Pressure and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Bitterfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa. METHODS: ... -
Military identities among Rwandan army deserters in South Africa
Ncube, Florence; Gibson, Diana (Routledge, 2023)This paper examines the military identity of soldiers who deserted from the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) and try to make a living in South Africa. Because they are deserters they try to hide their military identity, yet it ... -
Perceptions of traditional health practitioners on violence in the Helderberg Municipal Area, Western Cape
Gibson, Diana (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)This study on perceptions of violence was conducted with 56 traditional health practitioners (diviners: amagrirha) in the Helderberg Municipal Area of Cape Town Metro. It forms a subsection of a larger study on African ... -
Rethinking medicinal plants and plant medicines
Gibson, Diana (National Inquiry Services Centre, 2018)Because plants are perceived as sessile and immobile, they are often represented as objects or things in current literature. In this paper, I explore variations and shifts in research and literature since 2000 that ...