Well that is the beauty of the country I live in; It is a world of extremes.
On the one hand we have some of the best technology (one of the most advanced mag-lev train systems are being built here) but on the other hand we have the witch doctors (or Sangomas which is the proper term to use here).
The very first heart transplant in the world was done at the Grootte Schuur hospital in Cape Town, but ever so often you would hear about another muti killing (Muti is the 'medicine' that sangomas make. It can be as innocent as a piece of potato or as violent [albeit rare] as the genitals of kids cut out while they were still alive - screaming in pain increases the power of the 'muti'; i really am not kidding).
We have our very own brand of Christian fundamentalist (which in a lot of cases are worse than their American counter parts) while on the other we have people burying mixtures of plants (with appropriate incantations) at soccer fields to increase their team's chances of winning.
We have our technology pockets and then we have places where western medicine / culture is not known at all.
Imaging how difficult it is to keep your mind open in a place like this with all of the opposing stimulae we have here