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sangoma
/ -ˈɡɔËmÉ™; sæŋˈɡəʊmÉ™ /
noun
- a witch doctor, healer, or herbalist
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sangoma1
Example Sentences
She took the stand last Thursday and over three days detailed the events in the lead up to Joshlin's disappearance that involved a traditional healer, known in South Africa as a "sangoma".
She was caught up in a maelstrom of rumours and media reports incorrectly identified her as a traditional healer, or sangoma.
It’s a practice he honed through his training as a sangoma, a traditional spiritual healer, and it is essential to his craft.
Madondile turned to antiretrovirals as a last resort, when his immune system was nearly nonexistent and a pilgrimage to a Malawian sangoma, or traditional healer, proved futile.
In South Africa, many believe that when an owl lands on the roof and hoots, it has been sent by a sangoma, or witch doctor, delivering a fatal curse.
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