n'anga ("asekuru" or "godobori") means a witch doctor, traditional healer (sangoma), fetish priest, or sorcerer. A female traditional healer may also be referred to as nyahana or nyahanda; however, this should not be misconstrued as being a synonym of Nyamhita Nehanda (i.e., a mhondoro spirit).
And these n'anga's all have different skills and methods of operation:
And these n'anga's all have different skills and methods of operation:
- some use hakata, some don't.
- some are into enoptromancy some aren't.
- some can create goblins, some can't.
- some can kill without hesitation, some are a little nervous.
- etc, etc.
- dealing with cases of witchcraft (huroyi).
- dealing with avenging spirits (ngozi).
- divination about the certainty of pre-planned events.
- to buy money-making mbashto (medicine), love potions, etc.
- to spiritually spy on other political or corporate opponents through the mirror (girazi).
- to seek services for fixing foes whose heads have grown too big (kukura musoro).
- etc, etc.