Sangoma healers

Traditional healers of South Africa are recognized by the Traditional Practitioners Act as traditional
practitioners of traditional African medicine in Southern Africa.

They fulfill different social and political roles in the community, including divination, healing physical,
emotional and spiritual illnesses, directing birth or death rituals, finding lost cattle, protecting warriors,
counteracting witches, and narrating the history, cosmology, and myths of their tradition.

There are two main types of traditional healers within the Nguni societies of Southern Africa: the
diviner (sangoma), and the herbalist (inyanga).

These healers are effectively South African shamans who are highly revered and respected in a society where illness is thought to be caused by witchcraft, pollution (contact with impure objects or occurrences) or through neglect of the ancestors.

It is estimated that there are as many as 200,000 indigenous traditional healers in South Africa
compared to 25,000 Western-trained doctors. Traditional healers are consulted by approximately 60%
of the South African population, usually in conjunction with modern biomedical services.

For harmony between the living and the dead, vital for a trouble-free life, traditional healers believe
that the ancestors must be shown respect through ritual and animal sacrifice.

They summon the ancestors by burning sacred plants like imphepho (Helichrysum petiolare), dancing, chanting, channelling or playing drums.

Traditional healers will often give their patients muti—medications made from plant, animal and
minerals—imbued with spiritual significance.

These muti often have powerful symbolism; for example, lion fat might be prepared for children to promote courage. There are medicines for everything from physical and mental illness, social disharmony and spiritual difficulties to potions for protection, love and luck.

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