Meaning of igqira | Babel Free

Definitions

A traditional tribal diviner or spiritual healer.

South-Africa

Examples

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

““I went to see the witchdoctor, the igqira. And he spoke to the izinyanya, the spirits of the ancestors.””

“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.”

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