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mrbaggins1

THE HEARTACHE OF A GAY SANGOMA

Mar 25, 2011 16:40

Forget about the civil strife in Libya, the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the fact that South Africa is playing in the quarters of the Cricket World Cup against New Zealand in Mirpur (Wherever the hell that is) - Please, please do not choke again boys.

None of that is worthy of headline news in South Africa's Daily Sun today

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k00kaburra March 25 2011, 20:16:24 UTC

Is Zangoma a tribe name? Google wasn't very helpful in illuminating me :-p

Zangoma/Sangoma mrbaggins1 March 26 2011, 04:37:33 UTC

No, it the name of an African "witch" doctor, traditional healers or herbalist, the paper's got the spelling incorrect as far as I know. It should be Sangoma. They play a valuable role in African culture - and their craft is usually handed down the family line ( ... )

Re: Zangoma/Sangoma k00kaburra March 26 2011, 18:56:58 UTC

I've heard of similar 'hybrid' Christian practices in other countries...I guess it's like praying to Catholic saints in a way. I think it's fascinating how different cultures take the same root religion and adapt it to their preexisting culture.

Thank you for explaining about Sangoma. I remember seeing a short documentary about African healers that talked about the effectiveness of some of the natural treatments, but at the end it did criticize the Africans who consulted shamans for AIDs treatment instead of medical doctors. But it's so easy to do that from the Western perspective, eh?