Religion, politics and the diabetic foot in Senegal
Maïmouna Ndour Mbaye
Volume 50 | Special Issue | November 2005
Sixty seven-year-old Venerable Karamogo is the spiritual and community leader of a village in the South of Senegal. About nine years after Karamogo was diagnosed with diabetes, a chronic infection developed in his left leg. The surgeons recommended amputation; but this advice was firmly rejected by Karamogo and his family.