a diviner-priest whose powers are based on the fact that
an African traditional healer who merges with her ancestors for the purpose of healing
a traditional healer, one who channels the ancestral spirits who advise the living
a traditional healer, who most often is a woman
A sangoma is a practitioner of herbal medicine, divination and counselling in traditional Nguni (Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele and Swazi) societies of Southern Africa (effectively an African shaman).