African shamanism

practitioners of traditional African medicine in Southern Africa

Bwiti is a spiritual discipline of the forest-dwelling Punu people and Mitsogo peoples of Gabon (where it is recognized as one of three official religions) and by the Fang people of Gabon. Modern Bwiti incorporates animism, ancestor worship, and in some cases, Christianity, into a syncretistic belief system.

South African traditional healer, and writer (1921–2020)

thumb|right|240px|A Hogon, in Mali A hogon is a spiritual leader in a Dogon village who plays an important role in Dogon religion.

thumbnail|Nganga mask, from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum A nganga (pl. banganga or kimbanda) is a spiritual healer, diviner, and ritual specialist in traditional Kongo religion. These experts also exist across the African diaspora in countries where Kongo and Mbundu people were transported during the Atlantic slave trade, such as Brazil, the southern United States, Venezuela, Haiti and Cuba.