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Enhancing Vocational Skills

Diarra Boubacar is the first non-Chinese postdoctoral fellow in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The Malian was born into a family of doctors in 1964. With his passion for the complex and intriguing field of traditional medicine, Boubacar pursued his master’s degree at Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, in Guangdong Province, south China, and doctoral degree in Chengdu University of TCM in Sichuan Province in southwest China, where he learned from masters.

After practicing TCM for years, Boubacar is dedicated to promoting TCM in Africa and to the world at large. He joined the Luban Workshop program in 2020 and has taught basic

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