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sangoma
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sangoma
South African a witch doctor, healer, or herbalist


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Rehabilitation professionals in the indigenous-traditional (or non-formal) context is provided by families, traditional healers (also called herbalists, sangomas, traditional doctor, n'angas) and prophets of a Christian background.
Ghosts in traditional African masks stalked through smoke seeping from the pots of the three sangomas (witch doctors--Msomi's version of the witches), and warriors in Zulu dress rallied and fought against color-saturated backdrops.
 
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