Male Sexuality and Pathologies in the Traditional Medicine of Akan (Ghana). A Discussion about Kooko.
Authors
Pino Schirripa
University of Perugia
Keywords:
Male sexuality, Andrological pathologies, Traditional African Medicine
Abstract
The paper discusses a pathology, known in Ghana with the name of kooko. According to Akan medicine, the disease is a symptom of a social and cosmic disorder, the consequence of a divine punishment. Kooko is a red protuberance, index of a very serious disease, appearing all over the body, in the brain, ears, uterus, anus or penis. In the last case, kooko causes increasing sexual weakness.
