{"title":"White Izangoma: The Creation of New Significance or New Members of Traditional Healing-Divining Practice?","authors":"Agnieszka Podolecka","doi":"10.17159/2413-3027/2023/v36n1a1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"One of the social changes with the collapse of Apartheid in the South African society was the emergence of so-called 'white isangomas' or 'white izangoma'. This was not the first time that people of European origins were called by amadlozi (ancestral spirits) to ubungoma2. The first records are dating back to the beginning of the 20th century, but the social situation (colonialism and then Apartheid) made it impossible for Whites to be trained. However, with the growing awareness of the importance of African cultures, white people who felt the calling, started looking for answers. The calling is characterized by a sickness of body and mind that shows itself in having visions and an overwhelming weakness. It is widely believed that it can be healed only through the training by a fully-fledged isangoma. This essay analyses white izangoma vocation and work, establishing if they really are part of ubungo-ma, and if they influence and change black izangoma'steachings and work. The information originates from the author's field study, written izangoma'stestimonials, and other academic research. The field studies that allowed gathering first-hand information for this essay were financed by the Polish National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki), Poland, project no. 2017/25/N/HS1/02500.","PeriodicalId":42808,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Religion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal for the Study of Religion","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.17159/2413-3027/2023/v36n1a1","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"RELIGION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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One of the social changes with the collapse of Apartheid in the South African society was the emergence of so-called 'white isangomas' or 'white izangoma'. This was not the first time that people of European origins were called by amadlozi (ancestral spirits) to ubungoma2. The first records are dating back to the beginning of the 20th century, but the social situation (colonialism and then Apartheid) made it impossible for Whites to be trained. However, with the growing awareness of the importance of African cultures, white people who felt the calling, started looking for answers. The calling is characterized by a sickness of body and mind that shows itself in having visions and an overwhelming weakness. It is widely believed that it can be healed only through the training by a fully-fledged isangoma. This essay analyses white izangoma vocation and work, establishing if they really are part of ubungo-ma, and if they influence and change black izangoma'steachings and work. The information originates from the author's field study, written izangoma'stestimonials, and other academic research. The field studies that allowed gathering first-hand information for this essay were financed by the Polish National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki), Poland, project no. 2017/25/N/HS1/02500.
随着南非社会种族隔离制度的崩溃,社会发生了变化,其中之一就是出现了所谓的“白人伊桑戈马”或“白人伊桑戈马”。这不是欧洲血统的人第一次被祖先的灵魂称为乌班戈马2。最早的记录可以追溯到20世纪初,但社会状况(殖民主义和种族隔离)使白人无法接受培训。然而,随着人们越来越意识到非洲文化的重要性,感受到这种召唤的白人开始寻找答案。这种召唤的特点是身体和精神的疾病,表现为有幻觉和压倒性的弱点。人们普遍认为,只有经过成熟的伊桑戈玛的训练,它才能痊愈。本文分析了白人伊桑戈玛的职业和工作,确定他们是否真的是乌班戈玛的一部分,以及他们是否影响和改变了黑人伊桑戈马的职业和生活。这些信息来源于作者的实地研究、伊桑戈玛的评论和其他学术研究。为本文收集第一手信息的实地研究由波兰国家科学中心(Narodowe Centrum Nauki)资助,项目编号为2017/25/N/HS1/02500。