1.   Most African healers learn their art by apprenticeship, so education is uneven and inconsistent.

2.   There are many African healers claiming to cure AIDS, a disease that is ravaging the continent.

3.   A history of failed deals and unkept promises make African healers wary of foreigners promising big money for their secrets.

4.   African healers want to market new medicines without the money, training and equipment needed.

5.   Meantime, Coach Clive Barker, wary of dope testing, reportedly told his men not to take any prowess-enhancing potions from traditional African healers.

6.   Seeking to break a stereotyped image of witchdocters chanting mumbo-jumbo, lawmakers on Tuesday said they want to legitimize traditional African healers.