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Definition of Sangoma
1. Noun. A traditional Zulu healer and respected elder.
Definition of Sangoma
1. Noun. (context: South Africa) A witch doctor, traditional herbalist, or traditional healer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sangoma
1. a witch doctor [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sangoma
Literary usage of Sangoma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Indigenous Knowledge and Its Uses in SA by Hans Normann, Ina Snyman (1996)
"It was also revealed that a fourth- generation uncle (on her father's side) was
a sangoma. The traditional healers were unanimous that Tebogo would not ..."
2. More Than a Name: State-Sponsored Homophobia and Its Consequences in by Scott Long, A. Widney Brown, Gail Cooper (2003)
"I was taken to a healer, a sangoma, in Harare, with my father and his aunties.
They told me, "In our culture it is not acceptable. ..."
3. A History of Modern Europe: From the Fall of Constantinople by Thomas Henry Dyer, Arthur Hassall (1901)
"Siege of sangoma 1809. It was not till December 10th, 1810, that Holland was
united to France by a formal ..."
4. What Holds Us Together: Social Cohesion in South Africa by David Chidester, Phillip Dexter (2004)
"... the Zulu sangoma Credo Mutwa, praised Mangope by declaring, 'Anyone who gives
me the opportunity to rebuild the African past knows what he is doing' ..."
5. Women Marching Into the 21st Century: Wathint' Abafazi, Wathint' Imbokodo by Human Sciences Research Council (2000)
"... filmed and edited a 50-minute documentary, sangoma, based on the life and
initiation of a female traditional healer. She received a scholarship to ..."
6. The Theatre of Violence: Narratives of Protagonists in the South African by Don Foster, Paul Haupt, Maresa de Beer (2005)
"By Christmas he was taken to a sangoma (a traditional African healer) who said
I should wear some beads which were left over by my great grandmother. ..."
7. Indigenous Knowledge and Its Uses in SA by Hans Normann, Ina Snyman (1996)
"It was also revealed that a fourth- generation uncle (on her father's side) was
a sangoma. The traditional healers were unanimous that Tebogo would not ..."
8. More Than a Name: State-Sponsored Homophobia and Its Consequences in by Scott Long, A. Widney Brown, Gail Cooper (2003)
"I was taken to a healer, a sangoma, in Harare, with my father and his aunties.
They told me, "In our culture it is not acceptable. ..."
9. A History of Modern Europe: From the Fall of Constantinople by Thomas Henry Dyer, Arthur Hassall (1901)
"Siege of sangoma 1809. It was not till December 10th, 1810, that Holland was
united to France by a formal ..."
10. What Holds Us Together: Social Cohesion in South Africa by David Chidester, Phillip Dexter (2004)
"... the Zulu sangoma Credo Mutwa, praised Mangope by declaring, 'Anyone who gives
me the opportunity to rebuild the African past knows what he is doing' ..."
11. Women Marching Into the 21st Century: Wathint' Abafazi, Wathint' Imbokodo by Human Sciences Research Council (2000)
"... filmed and edited a 50-minute documentary, sangoma, based on the life and
initiation of a female traditional healer. She received a scholarship to ..."
12. The Theatre of Violence: Narratives of Protagonists in the South African by Don Foster, Paul Haupt, Maresa de Beer (2005)
"By Christmas he was taken to a sangoma (a traditional African healer) who said
I should wear some beads which were left over by my great grandmother. ..."
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