Nganga
Members of the Ndembo Secret Society of the Lower Congo. Nganga-literally "the knowing ones"is a term applied to those who have passed certain curious rites to distinguish them from the Vanga or uninitiated.
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Members of the Ndembo Secret Society of the Lower Congo. Nganga-literally "the knowing ones"is a term applied to those who have passed certain curious rites to distinguish them from the Vanga or uninitiated.