igqira

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noun

A traditional tribal diviner or spiritual healer.

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Meanings

noun
  1. South AfricaA traditional tribal diviner or spiritual healer.

    He said: ‘It is the igqira—the diviner. There are mafufunyana—evil spirits—in this house!’

    1963, Anna Margaretha Louw, 20 Days that Autumn
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    “I went to see the witchdoctor, the igqira. And he spoke to the izinyanya, the spirits of the ancestors.”

    1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 357

    The following day, the proceeds of his first job in his pocket, Sizwe took his parents to town and into the consiulting room of the most famous and respected igqira in Lusikiski.

    2008, Jonny Steinberg, Sizwe's Test, page 129
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