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    Image Number: APN103692
    Media Id: 91_266
    Path: african.pictures / Independent Photographers / Eric Miller
    Description: A white woman consults traditional healer sangoma witchdoctor throws bones Photo © Eric Miller
    Collections: Independent Photographers
    Subcollections: Eric Miller
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 2321 x 3508
    Credit: Eric Miller / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, vertical, people associated with religion, African religion, traditional healers, sangomas, witch-doctors, people, national, regional or ethnic people, African people, ,
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    Image Number: APN10377
    Media Id: 20_722
    Path: african.pictures / Illustrative Options / Karin Duthie
    Description: African Pot pouri
    Collections: Independent Photographers
    Subcollections: Karin Duthie
    Country: Botswana
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3543 x 2367
    Credit: Karin Duthie / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
    Keywords: feathers, colour image , Africa, pots, horizontal, clay, decorated, traditional, Botswana, sangomas, medicine, traditional healers, traditional medicines, ,
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    Title: religion
    Image Number: APN114953
    Media Id: 104_291
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Paul Weinberg
    Description: whitesang01 SOUTH AFRICA/KWAZULU NATAL/HOWICK - sarah wager, a white sangoma performs a ritual, november 2005 © paul weinberg
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Paul Weinberg
    Country: south africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 4800 x 3214
    Credit: Paul Weinberg / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: black and white image, horizontal, Africa, South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Howick, African religion, traditional healers, sangomas, ceremonies, rituals, customs, traditional dress, November, 2005, ,
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    Image Number: APN12763
    Media Id: 86_118
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Andrew Bannister
    Description: AB0002,Mozambique, Tradtional medicine healer, ethnic, herbal.. Photograph: Andrew Bannister/ South Photographs
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Andrew Bannister
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 3557 x 5456
    Credit: Andrew Bannister / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , traditional medicines, Africa, vertical, traditional healers, black African man, herbal medicine, herbs, ,
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    Image Number: APN12763
    Media Id: 53_446
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Andrew Bannister
    Description: AB0002,Mozambique, Tradtional medicine healer, ethnic, herbal.. Photograph: Andrew Bannister/ South Photographs
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Andrew Bannister
    Country: Mozambique
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 3557 x 5456
    Credit: Andrew Bannister / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , traditional medicines, Africa, vertical, traditional healers, black African man, herbal medicine, herbs, ,
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    Image Number: APN140280
    Media Id: 29_386
    Path: african.pictures / Africa Imagery / Roger de la Harpe
    Description: Zulu Sangoma's (diviner's) necklace. Melmoth. KwaZulu-Natal. South Africa
    Collections: Africa Imagery
    Subcollections: Roger de la Harpe
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3689 x 2368
    Credit: Roger de la Harpe / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, horizontal, KwaZulu Natal, Melmoth, Zulu traditions, Shakaland Cultural Village, African customs, tribal customs, tribal, ethnic, traditional healers, Sangomas (diviners) necklace, close up, African culture, feathers, cultural, beans, seeds, teeth, symbols, guinea fowl feathers, symbolic, bones, fur, ,
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    Image Number: APN140294
    Media Id: 30_544
    Path: african.pictures / Africa Imagery / Roger de la Harpe
    Description: Zulu uTwasa (Sangoma's (Diviner's) assistant). Shakaland. KwaZulu-Natal. South Africa
    Collections: Africa Imagery
    Subcollections: Roger de la Harpe
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3690 x 2420
    Credit: Roger de la Harpe / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: KwaZulu Natal, colour image , South Africa, Africa, horizontal, Melmoth, Zulu traditions, Shakaland Cultural Village, African customs, tribal customs, tribal, ethnic, Zulu villages, close up, portrait, Zulu girl, Zulu uTwasa, trainee sangomas, diviners, traditional healers, ancestor worship, face paint, Zulu beadwork, colourful, headbands, ,
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    Image Number: APN140318
    Media Id: 34_226
    Path: african.pictures / Africa Imagery / Roger de la Harpe
    Description: Zulu Sangoma (Diviner). KwaZulu-Natal. South Africa
    Collections: Africa Imagery
    Subcollections: Roger de la Harpe
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 2317 x 3670
    Credit: Roger de la Harpe / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: cultural, traditions, KwaZulu Natal, colour image , South Africa, Africa, Zulu sangoma, Zulu traditions, African customs, tribal customs, tribal, ethnic, vertical, close up, portrait, colourful, traditional dress, traditional beads, rituals, ceremonies, ancestor worship, traditional healers, traditional medicines, diviners, Zulu woman, ,
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    Image Number: APN14443
    Media Id: 109_196
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Graeme Williams
    Description: GW0207, South Africa, Hammanskraal, 1993: A women visits her local Sangoma. Traditional healer, doctor, African medicine, African culture, ethnic, tribal beliefs, customs.. Photograph: Graeme Williams/South Photographs
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Graeme Williams
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 2512 x 3577
    Credit: Graeme Williams / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: South Africa, colour image , Africa, vertical, Gauteng, Hammanskraal, 1993, black African women, sangomas, traditional healers, African medicine, customs, traditional beliefs, mud huts, rondavels, throwing bones, diviners, traditional dress, cloak, hairstyles, fly whisks, ,
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    Image Number: APN14681
    Media Id: 107_593
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Graeme Williams
    Description: Zimbabwe, Outskirts of Harare, 1994: A visit to a Sangoma. Witchdoctor, traditional healer, traditional medicine.. Photograph: Graeme Williams
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Graeme Williams
    Country: Zimbabwe
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 5551 x 3782
    Credit: Graeme Williams / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , Harare, Africa, Zimbabwe, horizontal, black and white image, 1990s, sangomas, witchdoctor, consultation, traditional clothes, traditional healers, ,
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    Image Number: APN148356
    Media Id: 94_39
    Path: african.pictures / Historic Africa / Rhodes University / International Library of African Music / ILAM Digital Archives / ILAM Photographic Collection
    Description: Andrew Tracey recording mbira dzavadzimu player at gathering of traditional healers association in Harare. Also in photo in healers attire is Mr.Mtopa, President of the Traditional Healers Association
    Collections: Independent Photographers
    Subcollections: ILAM Photographer
    Country: Zimbabwe
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 5172 x 3498
    Credit: ILAM Photographer / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , Zimbabwe, Africa, horizontal, Harare, Great Zimbabwe, Andrew Tracey, recording, Shona, mbira, traditional healers, Mtopa, President of the Traditional Healers Association, traditional dress, black African men, mbira dzavadzimu, traditional music, rural villages, African culture, ethnic, tribal, white man, equipment, ,
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    Image Number: APN14961
    Media Id: 73_198
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Graeme Williams
    Description: GW0215, South Africa, Johannesburg, 1999: A Sangoma at his home in Soweto. African medicine, culture, witchdoctor, traditional healer, spiritual, herbalist.. Photograph: Graeme Williams/South Photographs
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Graeme Williams
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3930 x 2673
    Credit: Graeme Williams / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, 1999, horizontal, 1990s, Soweto, Johannesburg, Gauteng, black African man, sangomas, car, traditional healers, ford, cortina, kanga, houses, ,
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    Image Number: APN14961
    Media Id: 45_46
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Graeme Williams
    Description: GW0215, South Africa, Johannesburg, 1999: A Sangoma at his home in Soweto. African medicine, culture, witchdoctor, traditional healer, spiritual, herbalist.. Photograph: Graeme Williams/South Photographs
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Graeme Williams
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3930 x 2673
    Credit: Graeme Williams / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, 1999, horizontal, 1990s, Soweto, Johannesburg, Gauteng, black African man, sangomas, car, traditional healers, ford, cortina, kanga, houses, ,
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    Title: a1956_T532_30
    Image Number: APN151829
    Media Id: 69_522
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2008050510:SAED:SOCIAL:HERBALISTS:SEP 1956- Blackest Magic – The world marches on, but witchdoctors and their mysterious works bind the feet of Africa! Witchdoctors, witches, phrenologists, voodoc and black magic men, fortune tellers, quacks astrologers – black or white are all one family. Believe in one type of leg-puller you must take them all in. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA) NEG T532 Frame 30
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3127 x 2019
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: horizontal, black and white image, South Africa, Africa, Drum Magazine, September, 1956, 1950s, traditional healers, black African men, traditional medicine, ,
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    Title: a1956_T532_16
    Image Number: APN151904
    Media Id: 69_565
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2008050505:SAED:SOCIAL:HERBALISTS:SEP1956- Blackest Magic – The world marches on, but witchdoctors and their mysterious works bind the feet of Africa! Witchdoctors, witches, phrenologists, voodoc and black magic men, fortune tellers, quacks astrologers – black or white are all one family. Believe in one type of leg-puller you must take them all in. (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA) NEG T532 Frame 16
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3120 x 2022
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: horizontal, black and white image, Africa, South Africa, 1950s, diviners, traditional healers, patients, black africans, witchdoctor, animal skin, ,
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    Title: Blackest Magic - Herbalist
    Image Number: APN152016
    Media Id: 69_379
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2008050504:SAED:SOCIAL:HERBALISTS:SEP 1956- Blackest Magic - The world marches on, but witch-doctors and their mysterious works bind the feet of Africa! Witchdoctors, witches, phrenologists, voodoc and black magic men, fortune tellers, quacks astrologers - black or white are all one family. Believe in one type of leg puller you must take them all in. But first , witch-doctors (Photograph by Drum Photographer ©BAHA) NEG T532 Herbalist, witchdoctors
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 2049 x 3121
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: Drum Magazine, black and white image, Africa, South Africa, historical, vertical, September, 1956, 1950s, black African man, signboards, traditional healers, herbalists, Drum Photographer, September 1956, witchcraft, ,
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    Image Number: APN15909
    Media Id: 101_216
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Paul Weinberg
    Description: South Africa, Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal - traditional herb market 2000africa/south africa/informal economy/traditional medicine. photo Paul Weinberg
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Paul Weinberg
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 4800 x 3100
    Credit: Paul Weinberg / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, KwaZulu Natal, horizontal, Durban, street markets, black African woman, herbalists, chopping, herbs, traditional healers, customers, street vendors, traditional medicines, informal sector, small businesses, 2000, ,
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    Image Number: APN16051
    Media Id: 101_31
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Paul Weinberg
    Description: South Africa, Port St Johns, eastern cape - white sangoma , 1997africa/south africa/culture/religion/traditional religion/xhosa. photo Paul Weinberg
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Paul Weinberg
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 4800 x 3243
    Credit: Paul Weinberg / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: Eastern Cape, colour image , South Africa, Africa, horizontal, Port St Johns, white man, sangomas, traditional dress, African culture, religious beliefs, traditional healers, diviners, rituals, customs, 1997, ,
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    Image Number: APN161701
    Media Id: 12_216
    Path: african.pictures / Africa Imagery / Roger de la Harpe
    Description: Setswana traditional healer. Molatedi. North West Province. South Africa
    Collections: Africa Imagery
    Subcollections: Roger de la Harpe
    Country: South Africa
    Location: Madikwe Game Reserve
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 3744 x 5616
    Credit: Roger de la Harpe / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, vertical, 2008, February, Madikwe Game Reserve, North West Province, tribes, Setswana, Molatedi village, traditional healers, african man, traditional lifestyle, diviners, traditional medicines, religious rites, ceremonies, fortune tellers, village life, rural, cultural, ethnic, tribal, beliefs, way of life, close up, portrait, ,
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    Image Number: APN16208
    Media Id: 105_13
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Paul Weinberg
    Description: PW1274, South Africa, Durban, 2000: Witch doctors and traditional healers gather at the Aids Conference held in Durban. Herbalist, sangoma HIV. Photo: Paul Weinberg/South
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Paul Weinberg
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 5480 x 3548
    Credit: Paul Weinberg / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, horizontal, KwaZulu Natal, Durban, traditional healers, sangomas, AIDS 2000 Conference, traditional dress, ,
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    Image Number: APN16260
    Media Id: 103_216
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Paul Weinberg
    Description: PW0987,South Africa, Durban, 2002: Traditional healers from all over Africa, get vocal at ICC conference. convention, seminar, debate.. Photograph: Paul Weinberg/South
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Paul Weinberg
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 5408 x 3607
    Credit: Paul Weinberg / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, Durban, horizontal, KwaZulu Natal, black African men, traditional healers, conferences, shouting, ,
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    Title: Traditional healers at all night vigil
    Image Number: APN165134
    Media Id: 13_82
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Chris Ledochowski
    Description: Ukuhlamba iintsimbi liphehlo lika Mamaya wase Gugs would be the isiXhosa description for this photograph. Amagqirha perform an all-night vigil ceremony for a fellow member who recently experienced
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Chris Ledochowski
    Country: South Africa
    Location: New Crossroads township
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3869 x 2587
    Credit: Chris Ledochowski / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: Mount Darwin, horizontal, black African people, colour image , Africa, South Africa, Gugulethu, Cape Town, Western Cape, traditional healers, vigils, traditional dress, ,
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    Title: Traditional healer and wife with painted welcoming sign
    Image Number: APN165205
    Media Id: 13_92
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Chris Ledochowski
    Description: The kwaKhikhi single men’s hostels in Guguletu were traditionally occupied by migrant contract workers from the homelands, known locally as amagoduka, who regularly required the services of traditio
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Chris Ledochowski
    Country: South Africa
    Location: kwaKhikhi, Guguletu
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 5982 x 4076
    Credit: Chris Ledochowski / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: Mount Darwin, horizontal, Gugulethu, colour image , Africa, South Africa, Cape Town, Western Cape, traditional healers, black African people, signboards, ,
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    Title: Sign outside sangomacos practice
    Image Number: APN165222
    Media Id: 13_81
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Chris Ledochowski
    Description: A traditional healer’s sign reads: ‘For all ailments, swelling limbs and fits, chest and headaches, to rid demons, for work purposes, Aids and crab lice’. This is followed by a list of curative medi
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Chris Ledochowski
    Country: South Africa
    Location: Lusaka informal settlement, Nyanga township
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 3689 x 5521
    Credit: Chris Ledochowski / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: Mount Darwin, Nyanga, vertical, colour image , Africa, South Africa, Cape Town, Western Cape, traditional healers, sangomas, ,
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    Image Number: APN16585
    Media Id: 104_273
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Paul Weinberg
    Description: South Africa, Mandini, Kwa Zulu Natal - Khekhekhe with mamaba at a sangoma ritual, 2000africa/south africa/sangoma/traditional medicine/religion. photo Paul Weinberg
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Paul Weinberg
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 3994 x 6039
    Credit: Paul Weinberg / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: black and white image, KwaZulu Natal, vertical, Africa, South Africa, Mandini, Zulu culture, sangomas, traditional healers, snakes, mambas, leopard skins, African religion, traditional medicines, rituals, ceremonies, customs, 2000, ,
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    Image Number: APN16722
    Media Id: 103_413
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Paul Weinberg
    Description: PW1275, South Africa, Durban, 2000: Witch doctors and traditional healers gathering at the Aids Conference held in Durban. sangomA HIV. Photo: Paul Weinberg/South
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Paul Weinberg
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 5424 x 3556
    Credit: Paul Weinberg / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: KwaZulu Natal, colour image , South Africa, Africa, horizontal, Durban, traditional healers, sangomas, AIDS 2000 Conference, traditional dress, ,
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    Image Number: APN17202
    Media Id: 103_237
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Paul Weinberg
    Description: South Africa, northern province - sangoma and his wives, 1993africa/south africa/culture/religion/traditional religion/pedi. photo Paul Weinberg
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Paul Weinberg
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 4800 x 3387
    Credit: Paul Weinberg / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, Northern Province, horizontal, Limpopo, black African man, women, wives, sangomas, traditional healers, African culture, customs, African religion, rabbits, fly whisks, diviners, 1993, ,
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    Image Number: APN17227
    Media Id: 106_91
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Paul Weinberg
    Description: South Africa, near Sithebe - Sangoma ceremony, 2000africa/south africa/religion/traditional religion/sangoma. photo Paul Weinberg
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Paul Weinberg
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 6055 x 3983
    Credit: Paul Weinberg / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: black and white image, horizontal, sangomas, Africa, South Africa, traditional healers, traditional medicines, African religion, ceremonies, rituals, customs, fly whisks, traditional dress, dancing, 2000, ,
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    Image Number: APN17313
    Media Id: 104_178
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Paul Weinberg
    Description: South Africa, Port St Johns, eastern cape - white sangoma at iniation ceremony, 1997africa/south africa/culture/religion/traditional religion. photo Paul Weinberg
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Paul Weinberg
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 4800 x 3106
    Credit: Paul Weinberg / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, horizontal, Eastern Cape, Port St Johns, white man, sangomas, traditional dress, African culture, religious beliefs, traditional healers, diviners, rituals, customs, 1997, ,
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    Image Number: APN17535
    Media Id: 106_188
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Paul Weinberg
    Description: South Africa, Kwa Zulu Natal, collecting traditional medicine for an inyanga ( herbal doctor) 2001africa/south africa/health/traditional medicine. photo Paul Weinberg
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Paul Weinberg
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 3997 x 6034
    Credit: Paul Weinberg / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: black and white image, KwaZulu Natal, vertical, Africa, South Africa, black African man, carrying, sacks, bags, traditional healers, traditional medicines, plants, herbs, collecting, herbal medicine, inyangas, herbalists, 2001, ,
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    Image Number: APN17869
    Media Id: 105_30
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Paul Weinberg
    Description: PXPW0006, South Africa, Johannesburg, 80'sMr Cele - sangoma muti, traditional medicine, healingPhotograph:Paul Weinberg/South Photographs.
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Paul Weinberg
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 6032 x 3999
    Credit: Paul Weinberg / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: black and white image, South Africa, Africa, Johannesburg, horizontal, Gauteng, 1980's, sangomas, traditional healers, black African man, muti, inyangas, ,
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    Title: TRADITIONAL HEALERS
    Image Number: APN18400
    Media Id: 759_200
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Lori Waselchuk
    Description: LW0073: South Africa, Mpumalanga Province, November 1998: Mahoyane a traditional healer poses with his students Students train with Mohayane for a year to learn to become a sangoma or traditional healers. Eighty percent of South Africans use traditional healers for their primary health care needs. sangoma, witchdoctorPhoto by Lori Waselchuk/South.
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Lori Waselchuk
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3754 x 2507
    Credit: Lori Waselchuk / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, Mpumalanga, horizontal, traditional healers, students, black African men, traditional medicines, African medicine, traditional dress, medical treatment , November, 1998, African religion, Mohayane,
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    Title: TRADITIONAL HEALERS
    Image Number: APN18577
    Media Id: 759_566
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Lori Waselchuk
    Description: LW0074, South Africa, Mpumalanga, November1998: Students in training. Students train with Mohayane for a year to learn to become a sangoma or traditional healers. Eighty percent of South Africans use traditional healers for their primary health care needs. sangoma, witchdoctorPhoto by Lori Waselchuk/South . .
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Lori Waselchuk
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3754 x 2474
    Credit: Lori Waselchuk / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, Mpumalanga, horizontal, Mohayane, traditional healers, sangoma, students, traditional dress, dancing, dancers, traditional medicines, African medicine, healing, November, 1998, African religion,
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    Image Number: APN18695
    Media Id: 759_661
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Lori Waselchuk
    Description: Johannesburg, South Africa January, 2000. A woman chops a root into pieces for selling at the downtown Johannesburg muti market. Muti are roots and plants used by traditional healers for medicines. Eighty percent of South Africans used traditional healers for the primary health needs. Photo by Lori Waselchuk/South Photographs.
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Lori Waselchuk
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 2505 x 3740
    Credit: Lori Waselchuk / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, vertical, Gauteng, Johannesburg, muti market, traditional healers, healing, traditional medicines, roots (medicinal), markets, market stalls, January, 2000, black African woman,
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    Title: TRADITIONAL HEALERS
    Image Number: APN18696
    Media Id: 759_369
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Lori Waselchuk
    Description: Johannesburg, South Africa January, 2000. A traditional healer pours herself a tonic in front of her muti roots and plants used by traditional healers for medicines. She is one of hundreds of traders in plants and roots at the Johannesburg muti market in the central business district. Eighty percent of South Africans used traditional healers for the primary health needs. Photo by Lori Waselchuk/South Photographs.
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Lori Waselchuk
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3727 x 2512
    Credit: Lori Waselchuk / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, horizontal, Gauteng, Johannesburg, traditional healers, muti market, roots (medicinal), traditional medicines, medicine, healing, markets, Health, January, 2000,
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    Title: TRADITIONAL HEALERS
    Image Number: APN18697
    Media Id: 759_178
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Lori Waselchuk
    Description: Johannesburg, South Africa January, 2000. Traders make change for each other at the downtown Johannesburg muti market. Muti are roots and plants used by traditional healers for medicines. Eighty percent of South Africans used traditional healers for the primary health needs. Photo by Lori Waselchuk/South Photographs. horizontal/color
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Lori Waselchuk
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3744 x 2529
    Credit: Lori Waselchuk / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: Gauteng, colour image , South Africa, Africa, horizontal, Johannesburg, traditional healers, muti market, roots (medicinal), traditional medicines, medicine, healing, markets, Health, January, 2000,
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    Title: TRADITIONAL HEALERS
    Image Number: APN18699
    Media Id: 759_218
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Lori Waselchuk
    Description: Helena, South Africa October, 1999. Esther Rasesemola is a sangoma (traditional healer) in the Northern Province of South Africa. She poses inside her clinic with her store of medicines. Eighty percent of South Africans rely on traditional healers for primary health care. Photo by Lori Waselchuk/South Photographs. horizontal/color
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Lori Waselchuk
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3698 x 2481
    Credit: Lori Waselchuk / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, horizontal, Helena, Northern Province, traditional healers, African medicine, sangoma, traditional medicines, refugee camp, witches - African religion, persecution of witches, medical treatment , October, 1999, Esther Rasesemola,
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    Image Number: APN18700
    Media Id: 759_523
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Lori Waselchuk
    Description: Mbuzini, South Africa November, 1998. A woman training to be traditional healer in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa, puts herself in a trance when she speaks with her ancestors. As she shakes water from her head during the trance. She will study for one to two years before she begins to treat patients. Eighty percent of South Africans use traditional healers for their primary health care needs. Photo by Lori Waselchuk/South Photographs. vertical/color
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Lori Waselchuk
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 2512 x 3747
    Credit: Lori Waselchuk / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, vertical, November, Mpumalanga, 1998, traditional healers, sangoma, black African woman, traditional dress, traditional medicines, medical treatment , African medicine, trainees, student, African religion,
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    Title: TRADITIONAL HEALERS
    Image Number: APN18701
    Media Id: 759_229
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Lori Waselchuk
    Description: Mbuzini, South Africa November, 1998. Students training to become traditional healers dance to call the ancestors at a school in Mbuzini, South Africa. Students train with a teacher for one to two years to learn to become a sangomas (traditional healers). Eighty percent of South Africans use traditional healers for their primary health care needs. Photo by Lori Waselchuk/South Photographs. horizontal/color
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Lori Waselchuk
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3754 x 2474
    Credit: Lori Waselchuk / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, horizontal, traditional medicines, sangoma, traditional healers, African medicine, Mpumalanga, trainees, students, November, 1998, Mohayane, African religion,
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    Title: TRADITIONAL HEALERS
    Image Number: APN18702
    Media Id: 759_746
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Lori Waselchuk
    Description: Mbuzini, South Africa November, 1998. Mahoyane, a traditional healer in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa, poses with his students. Students train with Mohayane for a year to learn to become a sangoma or traditional healers. Eighty percent of South Africans use traditional healers for their primary health care needs. Photo by Lori Waselchuk/South Photographs. horizontal/color
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Lori Waselchuk
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3754 x 2507
    Credit: Lori Waselchuk / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: traditional medicines, colour image , South Africa, Africa, horizontal, sangoma, traditional healers, African medicine, Mpumalanga, trainees, students, November, 1998, Mohayane, African religion,
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    Title: WITCHCRAFT VIOLENCE
    Image Number: APN18706
    Media Id: 759_236
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Lori Waselchuk
    Description: Helena, South Africa October, 1999. Esther Rasesemola is a sangoma (traditional healer) in the Northern Province of South Africa. She poses outside her new home in Helena, South Africa. In 1992 she was accused of practicing witchcraft in her former village by her husband's family and they threatened to kill her. She fled with her family to the chief who then gave her a small piece of land in Helena, a refugee camp for victims of witchcraft violence. The home Esther left behind was burned to the ground and all her livestock was killed. Photo by Lori Waselchuk/South Photographshorizontal/color
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Lori Waselchuk
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3756 x 2517
    Credit: Lori Waselchuk / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: Northern Province, colour image , South Africa, Africa, horizontal, Helena, traditional healers, African medicine, sangoma, traditional medicines, refugee camp, witches - African religion, persecution of witches, medical treatment , October, 1999, Esther Rasesemola,
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    Title: TRADITIONAL HEALERS
    Image Number: APN18806
    Media Id: 759_364
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Lori Waselchuk
    Description: LW0072, South Africa, Mpumalanga, November 1998: A student learning traditional healing. Students train for a year to learn to become a sangoma or traditional healer. Eighty percent of South Africans use traditional healers for their primary health care needs. Ethnic, medicine. Photo: Lori Wasulchuk/South . .
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Lori Waselchuk
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 2512 x 3747
    Credit: Lori Waselchuk / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, vertical, Mpumalanga, traditional healers, trainees, students, black African woman, sangoma, training, traditional medicines, African medicine, medical treatment , healing, traditional dress, November, 1998, African religion,
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    Image Number: APN18971
    Media Id: 759_822
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Lori Waselchuk
    Description: THABA BOSIU, LESOTHO JUNE, 1999. Mmatsepo, a traditional healer, rests inside one of the caves she lives and works in. The caves which were once inhabited by cannibals, are 2 kilometers from the Thaba Bosiu monument. Mmatsepo has been a spiritual advisor to the current King Letsie III and his father, King Moshoeshoe II, before him. Thaba Bosiu, now the final resting place for Lesotho's royalty, was once the mountain stronghold of one of Africa's greatest leaders, King Moshoeshoe I. . Photo by Lori Waselchuk/South Photographs
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Lori Waselchuk
    Country: Lesotho
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3717 x 2445
    Credit: Lori Waselchuk / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: Africa, South Africa, colour image , horizontal, Lesotho, Thaba Bosiu, Mautse, traditional healers, black African woman, sacred cave, caves, herbalist, mountains, 1998, March,
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    Image Number: APN18978
    Media Id: 759_794
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Lori Waselchuk
    Description: THABA BOSIU, LESOTHO MARCH, 2000. A young girl from a nearby village visits the home of Mmatsepo, a traditional healer, which is tucked in the caves that were once inhabited by cannibals. The caves are 2 kilometers from the Thaba Bosiu monument. Mmatsepo has been a spiritual advisor to the current King Letsie III and his father, King Moshoeshoe II, before him. Thaba Bosiu, now the final resting place for Lesotho's royalty, was once the mountain stronghold of one of Africa's greatest leaders, King Moshoeshoe I. . Photo by Lori Waselchuk/South Photographs
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Lori Waselchuk
    Country: Lesotho
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 2463 x 3724
    Credit: Lori Waselchuk / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, vertical, Lesotho, Mautse, mountain, caves, traditional healers, sangoma, Mmatsepo, sacred cave, traditional medicines, medicinal plants, black African girl, herbs, herbalist, 1998,
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    Image Number: APN18982
    Media Id: 759_642
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Lori Waselchuk
    Description: THABA BOSIU, LESOTHO MARCH, 2000. history, heritage, preservationThe home of Mmatsepo, a traditional healer, is tucked in the caves that were once inhabited by cannibals. The caves are 2 kilometers from the Thaba Bosiu monument. Mmatsepo has been a spiritual advisor to the current King Letsie III and his father, King Moshoeshoe II, before him. Thaba Bosiu, now the final resting place for Lesotho's royalty, was once the mountain stronghold of one of Africa's greatest leaders, King Moshoeshoe I. . Photo by Lori Waselchuk/South Photographs
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Lori Waselchuk
    Country: Lesotho
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 2462 x 3756
    Credit: Lori Waselchuk / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, vertical, Lesotho, Mautse, mountain, caves, traditional healers, sangoma, Mmatsepo, sacred cave, herbs, herbalist, 1998,
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    Image Number: APN18985
    Media Id: 759_633
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Lori Waselchuk
    Description: Mautse, South Africa, March 2000. Mmatsepo, a BaSotho traditional healer, prays as athe moon rises behind one of the altars she has built for the ancestors in her cave at Mautse, South Africa. Mmatsepo normally live in Lesotho, but she brought her apprentice, Tumelo, to the caves at Mautse six months earlier because she says the ancestors were making Tumelo ill. Tumelo has since recovered and has been able to continue her training as a sangoma. The caves have been sacred to the BaSotho for many years. They believe it is the place for people to come and speak to their ancestors. Photo by Lori Waselchuk/South Photographshorizontal/color
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Lori Waselchuk
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3750 x 2539
    Credit: Lori Waselchuk / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , Africa, horizontal, Thaba Bosiu, Lesotho, traditional healers, sangoma, South Africa, Free State, caves, Mautse, mountain, apprentices (traditional healers), sacred cave, prayer, Sotho, black African women, girl, rituals, May, 1998, Mmatsepo,
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    Title: Destiny to Heal
    Image Number: APN18986
    Media Id: 759_342
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Lori Waselchuk
    Description: Mautse, South Africa, March 2000. Tumelo drinks her morning tea next to the fire outside their cave. Mmatsepo brought Tumelo to the caves at Mautse six months earlier because she says the ancestors were making Tumelo ill. Tumelo has since recovered and has been able to continue her training as a sangoma. The caves have been sacred to the BaSotho for many years. They believe it is the place for people to come and speak to their ancestors. Photo by Lori Waselchuk/South Photographshorizontal/color
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Lori Waselchuk
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3748 x 2544
    Credit: Lori Waselchuk / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: colour image , Africa, horizontal, Thaba Bosiu, Lesotho, traditional healers, sangoma, South Africa, Free State, caves, Mautse, mountain, apprentices (traditional healers), sacred cave, prayer, Sotho, black African women, girl, rituals, May, 1998, Mmatsepo, Tumelo,
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    Image Number: APN18987
    Media Id: 759_204
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Lori Waselchuk
    Description: Mautse, South Africa, March 2000. Mmatsepo, a BaSotho traditional healer, prays to the ancestors in a cave in Mautse, South Africa. Mmatsepo normally live in Lesotho, but she brought her apprentice, Tumelo (behind), to the caves at Mautse six months earlier because she says the ancestors were making Tumelo ill. Tumelo has since recovered and has been able to continue her training as a sangoma. The caves have been sacred to the BaSotho for many years. They believe it is the place for people to come and speak to their ancestors. Photo by Lori Waselchuk/South Photographshorizontal/color
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Lori Waselchuk
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3716 x 2506
    Credit: Lori Waselchuk / South Photos / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: Thaba Bosiu, colour image , Africa, horizontal, Lesotho, traditional healers, sangoma, South Africa, Free State, caves, Mautse, mountain, apprentices (traditional healers), sacred cave, prayer, Sotho, black African women, girl, rituals, May, 1998, Mmatsepo, Tumelo,
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    Image Number: APN18989
    Media Id: 759_190
    Path: african.pictures / South Photos / Lori Waselchuk
    Description: Mautse, South Africa, March 2000. Mmatsepo, a BaSotho traditional healer, collects plants for her medicinal stores on a walk in Mautse, South Africa. Mmatsepo normally live in Lesotho, but she brought her apprentice, Tumelo, to the caves at Mautse six months earlier because she says the ancestors were making Tumelo ill. Tumelo has since recovered and has been able to continue her training as a sangoma. The caves have been sacred to the BaSotho for many years. They believe it is the place for people to come and speak to their ancestors. Photo by Lori Waselchuk/South Photographshorizontal/color
    Collections: South Photos
    Subcollections: Lori Waselchuk
    Country: Lesotho
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 2507 x 3699