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Physicians, Colonial Racism, and Diaspora in West Africa
Adell Patton, Jr.
University Press of Florida GAINESVILLE TALLAHASSEE TAMPA BOCA RATON PENSACOLA ORLANDO MIAMI JACKSONVILLE
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Copyright 1996 by the Board of Regents of the State of Florida Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper All rights reserved
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Patton, Adell, 1936
Physicians, colonial racism, and diaspora in West Africa/Adell Patton. p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8130-1432-8 (alk. paper)
1. PhysiciansAfrica, WestHistory. 2. Medi cineAfrica, WestHistory. 3. Physicians Africa, WestPolitical activity. 4. Africa, West Race relations. I. Title.
R652.p38 1996
610'.966dc20 95-45070
The University Press of Florida is the scholarly publishing agency for the State University System of Florida, comprised of Florida A & M University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, Florida State University, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of North Florida, University of South Florida, and University of West Florida.
University Press of Florida 15 Northwest 15th Street Gainesville, FL 32611
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For my wife, Christine Zimmerman Patton, my mother, Willie Wilson Patton; and to the memories of Adell Patton, Sr. (19121989), my father; Rosie Lee Patton Moore (19171986), my aunt; Clinton Lee Patton (19091960), my uncle; and Henry Louis Baldwin (19361993), my cousin
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CONTENTS
List of Figures, Maps, and Tables
ix
Preface
xi
Abbreviations
xix
Introduction
1
Part One: Historical Background
1 African Physicians in Time Perspective
11
2 The Medical Profession in Africa from Ancient Times to 1800
45
Part Two: Intraprofessional Conflict and Professional Struggles
3 The Sierra Leone Nexus
59
4 The Easmon Episode
93
5 Colonial Medical Union and African Reaction
123
6 M. C. F. Easmon: Protectorate Clinician-Scholar
159
7 David Ekundayo Boye-Johnson and the Decolonization Era
195
8 African Physicians: From the Cold War to Perestroika
223
Epilogue
249
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Appendix 1 Colonial List of Qualifying Foreign Medical Schools for the Medical Register
257
Appendix 2 West Africa's Relations with the Soviet Bloc, JulySeptember 1959
259
Appendix 3 Ghanaian Physicians Trained in the USSR and the Eastern Bloc, 1984
271
Appendix 4 Sierra Leone Doctors Trained in Soviet and Eastern-Bloc Universities, 1984 and 196776
279
Notes
287
Bibliography
301
Index
323
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FIGURES, MAPS, AND TABLES
Figures
1. Dr. Marcella Davies with patient and staff, Sierra Leone, c. 1960
30
2. Drs. Ola During and R. Schram during a training session at Queen's College, London, c. 196263
35
3. Drs. Albert Whiggs Easmon and John Farrell Easmon, Ghana, Gold Coast, c. 1896
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4. Easmon family genealogy
99
5. Dr. B. W. Quartey-Papafio, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, c. 1885
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