EDITOR’s NOTE: Sponsored by the Communications Committee of the International Association of Religion Journalists (IARJ), Stories from our Members is a new feature aimed at sharing the IARJ’s Members stories on faith and religion. 

Mupa Chiboga, a herbalist mixing oils to cure her patient in Mwavumbo, Kwale County in Kenya. Photo credit: Teryani Mwadzaya

An impactul story by Teryani Mwadzaya, a Kenyan journalist and editor reporting on social issues, health, culture, and community development.

In her latest story for Andariya – a bilingual digital cultural platform from and on the East and Horn of Africa – she explores the complex way traditional medicine, faith healing, and public health intertwine in East Africa.

She takes us to Shakahola Forest, Kilifi County, where over 400 lives were lost under the extremist teachings of Pastor Paul Mackenzie more than three years ago.

Read the full article:

Beyond Shakahola: Traditional Medicine, Faith Healing, and Public Health in East Africa

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Elisa Di Benedetto, a religion journalist and IARJ web editor, writes this feature on behalf of the IARJ Communications Committee. If you wish to see your work in Stories from our Members, email Elisa Di Benedetto at [email protected]