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The extraordinary Khotso : Millionaire medicine man from Lusikisiki

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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 mamlambo, the seductive mermaid woman who grants wealth at a terrible price.

It is rumoured that the tragic twists and turns in his life sprung from this. Yet, as one of his many wives said, he was, too, "a lively, joking medicine man who loved money, sex and laughter." This title unravels many of the mysteries surrounding Khotso Sethuntsa.

It explores his unique empire and tracks his extraordinary career.

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Product Details
Jacana Media
1770093613 / 9781770093614
Book
200.92
07/06/2007
South Africa
372 pages
155 x 235 mm, 500 grams
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