KHOTSO SETHUNTSA, THE NEAR-LEGENDARY MEDICINE MAN, WAS BELIEVED TO BE A WORKER OF POWERFUL AND DANGEROUS MAGIC. KHOTSO WAS RENOWNED AND FEARED THROUGHOUT SOUTH AFRICA AND BEYOND, EVEN AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1972. HE CREATED A FABULOUS ECCENTRIC KINGDOM AROUND HIMSELF. HE HAS BEEN SURROUNDED BY MYSTERY THE ORIGINS OF HIS FORTUNE AND THE EXTENT OF HIS POWERS SHROUDED IN SECRECY. THIS TITLE TAKES US INTO THE WORLD OF ONE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA'S BEST-KNOWN HERBALISTS. KHOTSO WAS FAMED, ESPECIALLY, AS A SELLER OF IBANGALALA, A HERBAL REMEDY FOR SEXUAL POTENCY, AND UKUTHWALA, A TERRIFYING PROCEDURE FOR ACQUIRING LONG-TERM WEALTH. ALSO, HE CLAIMED TO BE IN SPIRITUAL CONTACT WITH PAUL KRUGER, HINTING THAT HIS FORTUNE DERIVED FROM THE LONG-LOST KRUGER MILLIONS. MEANWHILE, LEADING AFRIKANER NATIONALISTS POLITICIANS, INCLUDING H.F.VERWOED AND J.G.STRIJDOM, SOUGHT KHOTSO OUT - FOR HIS MEDICINES FOR POLITICAL POWER, IT HAS BEEN SAID. SOME BELIEVED THAT KHOTSO HAD ENTERED INTO AN OCCULT PACT WITH THE MAML
ISBN Number | 9781770093614 |
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Author/s | WOOD F |
Format | Book |
Edition | 1ST - 2007 |
Publisher | JACANA |
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