When Nancy Rebecca flew to South Africa last April to be initiated as a Zulu sangoma — a traditional healer — the Tacoma resident knew she was heading into the unknown. She had no idea she also was ...

When driving down the red dirt roads, away from the tarmac highways of KwaZulu Natal, you're sure to encounter the revealing scent that tells you the Sangoma is working some magic. In Zulu culture, he ...

"The Ancestors are the universal Supreme Court and the day of judgment approaches. " The people suffering and dying in Ukraine and Gaza are the living descendants of the Ancestors. They are family.

Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a towering figure in South African politics and outspoken Zulu chief, has died at the age of 95. During the racist apartheid regime, he founded the Zulu Inkatha party after ...