Sotho Traditional Healers - Ngaka
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The Sangoma or Ngaka of Lesotho are proud and of both genders.
Like other Bantu peoples, the Sotho-Tswana peoples practiced traditional a Shamanist type religion, based on devotion to ancestors. Ancestors were intermediaries to god and the spirits. A person was said to exist for as long as his shadow was still “felt” on earth by living relatives. Each community had its traditional herbalist healers called Ngaka in Sesotho. They functioned as shamans, spiritual counselors and protectors against evil spirits and magic.
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