https://freethinker.co.uk/2023/05/traditional-religion-in-zimbabwe-was-god-a-christian-import/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=traditional-religion-in-zimbabwe-was-god-a-christian-import The magazine of freethought, open enquiry and irreverence Thu, 04 May 2023 12:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://freethinker.co.uk/2023/05/traditional-religion-in-zimbabwe-was-god-a-christian-import/#comment-170 Thu, 04 May 2023 12:34:39 +0000 https://freethinker.co.uk/?p=8648#comment-170 In Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) even white religionists frequented so-called “witch-doctors” for natural medicines and to remove “curses”. It would make more sense perhaps to study the belief systems – presumably recognisable as shamanistic – of the “witch-doctors” to obtain a more genuine understanding of the VaShona – would it not?

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