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Sangoma

🇸🇿 Eswatini Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 2 definitions
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Sangoma definition 1

Isangoma / Umuntu othwasile (Traditional healer / Initiated person)

"I-sangoma yami ithi ngizoba right (My sangoma says I'll be fine)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026
DEFINITION 2

Sangoma definition 2

Umtfwalo wendlozi (Ancestral caller)

"Sangoma uyabona tintfo (The sangoma sees things)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country
🇸🇿 Eswatini
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2 community definitions
Added
April 2026

↻ Similar Words

a south african witch doctor

"that lady is a sangoma, so not trust her medication."
Sangoma 🇿🇦 South Africa

A traditional healer or shaman. Not slang (it's the actual term), but widely used even in English conversation

"The sangoma threw bones to diagnose the illness. (The traditional healer threw bones to diagnose the illness.)"

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🌍 "Sangoma" Across Africa

This word is also used in 3 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Sangoma

a south african witch doctor
Sangoma 🇿🇦 South Africa

A traditional healer or shaman. Not slang (it's the actual term), but widely used even in English conversation
Sangoma 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Ngaka ea Sesotho / Traditional healer (Sesotho doctor / Traditional healer)

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