Herbs for sale - A stall at Mbare market in Harare / Zimbabwe
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In most African cultures there are two practitioners of super natural powers. The first group represents the bad, witchcraft.
Pamela Dube talked to Peter Sibanda who is a Secretary of ZINATHA, the goverment recognised association of traditional healers in Zimbabwe.
Sibanda himself is a strong believer in the power of witchcraft,
Sibanda operates full time as a healer for patients who, otherwise,
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And the good which has the power of healing.
In Zimbabwe they are called nhanga.
and the picture below shows him practising as a nhanga in a township of Harare.
would not have the means to consult a doctor.
Through his work he makes a comfortable income to support his three wives and ten children.
He is a polygamist, a tradition which is legally recognised in Zimbabwe.
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