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Sifiso Christopher, affectionately known as “Inkunzi Emdwayidwa”, means King of Traditional Healers and is
sometimes also called “Gogo”.
Traditional healing is "holistic". It does not focus on symptoms or
diseases. Instead, it deals with the total individual. Different people with
HIV disease may get different treatments. Healing focuses on the person, not
the illness.
Certain people in each tribe are recognized as healers. They receive
special teachings. Healing traditions are passed from one generation to the
next through visions, stories, and dreams.
Healing does not follow written guidelines. Healers work differently
with each person they help. They use their herbs, ceremony and power in the
best way for each individual.
Healing might involve sweat lodges, talking circles, ceremonial
smoking of tobacco, shamans, herbalism, animal spirits, or "vision quests".
Each tribe uses its own techniques. The techniques by themselves are not
"traditional healing." They are only steps towards becoming whole, balanced
and connected.
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