South Africa is a mix of the old and
the new, the ancient and the
modern, and South African
Christianity is a perfect example of
this. We adopted the religion of our
colonizers, but most people held on
to the old ancestral ways, too, just
in case. In South Africa, faith in the
Holy Trinity exists quite
comfortably alongside belief in
witchcraft, in casting spells and
putting curses on one’s enemies.
I come from a country where
people are more likely to visit
sangomas—shamans, traditional
healers, pejoratively known as