Churches are combating syncretism among millennials and Gen Z amid a rise of social media healers who call on ancestral spirits. Millions of Black South Africans seek guidance from sangomas, ...

Holding his whip and itshoba (cow-tail whisk) in his hand, Chris Ntombemhlophe Reid pauses while he walks through the rural areas of the Transkei to check on his thwasa, Nolwandle, on Nov. 17, 2014 in ...

How about this for a frightening incentive? Diego Maradona has promised today he will run naked through the streets of Buenos Aires if Argentina win the World Cup. That's the point. These guys aren't ...

She lets out a piercing cry, her body starts shaking violently, her hands are clapping to the rhythm of large African drums - she is calling out to her ancestors. Thabiso Siswana is a traditional ...

TORONTO, Sept. 18 /CNW/ - Sangoma Technologies Corporation (TSX-VEN: STC) (www.sangoma.com), an award-winning Wide Area Network (WAN) communication hardware and software manufacturer, has selected Big ...

Bare-foot, with rattles on his ankles and wearing a colourful beaded ceremonial skirt, a white boy with short blond hair makes shamanic-like dance moves to a frantic drum beat. Kyle Todd is a ...

Introduction -- The sangoma cult in Francistown, Botswana -- 'We are in this for the money' : characteristics suggestive of commodification in the sangoma cult -- Two historical models -- Beyond the ...