Year of creation: 1996
Domain(s):

- oral traditions and expressions
- performing arts
- social practices, rituals and festive events
- knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe
- traditional craftsmanship
- other
- savoirs thérapeutiques traditionnels – savoirs virtuels – voyance – phénomènes paranormaux – parapsychologie – métapsychologie – manifestations pratiques spirituelles

Safeguarding measures:

- identification, documentation, research (including inventory-making)
- preservation, protection
- promotion, enhancement
- transmission, (non-)formal education
- revitalization
- other
- initiation aux savoirs endogènes, organisations annuelles de cérémonies spirituelles communautaires, création d’associations de dépositaires de savoirs traditionnels avec obligation de transmettre ces savoirs à des disciples

Main countries where active:

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, France, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Togo, Uganda

L'Organisation pour la promotion des médecines traditionnelles – PROMETRA is headquartered in Dakar but includes members in 17 countries of Africa, functioning as a centre for cultural research and scientific diffusion and as an instrument for regional integration through revalorizing traditional medicine, ancient religions, indigenous knowledge and universal spirituality.