Felicity Wood

The Extraordinary Khotso: Millionaire Medicine Man of Lusikisiki

Unraveling the mysteries surrounding a South African medicine man while recognizing a remarkable figure who has been left out of the history books, this biography explores the life of Khotso Sethundsa, an enigmatic herbalist who created an eccentric kingdom around himself--and was rumored to control a large fortune. Legend held that he had spiritual contact with Paul Kruger, and some people claimed that leading Afrikaner nationalist politicians came to him for potions that bestowed sexual and political powers. He also was thought to have a an occult spiritual pact with a mermaid, and even after his death many thought he still exerted a danger… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Lewis, Michael J.

ISBN: 978-1-77009-361-4
EAN: 9781770093614
Produktnummer: 3341911
Verlag: Jacana Media
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 368 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.5 cm x D3.0 cm 816 g
Gewicht: 816

Über den Autor

Felicity Wood teaches in the English department at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa. She specializes in collecting Eastern Cape oral narratives that deal with aspects of the supernatural. Michael Lewis is a South African development economist who, in the 1990s, heard stories about a millionaire medicine man, discovered Khotso Sethuntsa, and conducted a series of interviews with people who knew him.