Analysis - In Zimbabwe's Shona language, mental illness is known as chirwere chepfungwa or kupenga. Before British colonial settlers arrived in 1890, traditional healers (n'anga) played an important ...
The word witch is now associated with malevolent black magic but in medieval Britain white witches or “cunning folk” were an accepted part of village life. These pagan healers were skilled in ...
A discovery of etched symbols and writing at a British Manor House has experts examining their possible meaning.