Yiga kaka (Cock diagnosis)
by Aboubakar Hamadama
Duration: 25 minutes
Language spoken: Mboum; Dii, French.
Trancription: English
In Ngan-Ha, a small village in Northern Cameroon; lives a respected Mboum head of the family with his children. The latter practices the Yiga kaka or Cockrel diagnosis where he earns his living by making the diagnosis and curing his patient through a cockrel. This practice allows the Yiga kaka practitioner to identify what the patient is suffering from and provide care accordingly. In this socioculture, only the initiated practitioner mastering the codes and the necessary knowledge can exercise this profession. Despite the influence of modernity, Alim Sardi strives to perpetuate this practice.
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