Nganga

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Nganga is a bantu term for herbalist or spiritual healer in many African societies and also in many societies of the African diaspora such as those in Haiti, Brazil and Cuba. In Haiti the term for voodoo high priest Houngan is derived from the word Nganga. In Cuba the term Nganga refers to a certain creation made with an iron pot into which several items are placed. It also refers to the spirit of the dead that resides there. The In South Africa, the Nganga has a medicinal role in contrast to the Sangoma who deals with the spirits.

[edit] See also

• Witchdoctor
• Sangoma
• Quimbanda
• African traditional religions

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• Nganga Kiyangala Congo religion in Cuba
• African Intellectual Heritage: A Book of Sources By Molefi K. Asante, Abu Shardow Abarry ISBN 1566394031
• THE STORY OF ZOMBI IN HAITI
• The African Religions of Brazil: Toward a Sociology of the Interpenetration By Roger Bastide ISBN 0801886244
• An Anthology of Kongo Religion