Abstract
The urban Ibadan market is not only important for its economic value, but also for its representation of the worldview of the Yoruba people of South-Western Nigeria. Yoruba urban markets are adorned with different spiritualists who also earn their livelihood in the market space. Hence, through the employment of observations and in-depth interviews, the study examines how spirituality shapes child health and mothers’ health seeking behaviours in Ibadan urban markets.
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The study was part of a larger doctoral research funded by American Council of Learned Societies–African Humanities Programme (ACLS-AHP)
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Omobowale, M.O. “You Will Not Mourn Your Children”: Spirituality and Child Health in Ibadan Urban Markets. J Relig Health 60, 406–419 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01032-5
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