Ancestors do not disappear because someone joins a church. They are not bound by denomination. Ancestors are tied to bloodline, land, memory, and ritual attention. They communicate through dreams, illness, intuition, repetition, and calling. When religious language changes…
Ancestors adapt their mode of communication. They do not reject Christianity; they speak through what the descendant now understands. This is why many church prophets dream, diagnose, and heal in ways that mirror traditional diviners, even when they deny any ancestral connection
What actually happens in many Southern African churches is not spiritual replacement, but translation. Prophets dream the way izangoma have always dreamed. Healers diagnose conditions in the same pattern diviners used long before the Bible was translated…
WHAT AFRICAN ANCESTORS ACTUALLY ARE (NOT THE FANTASY VERSION)
In African cosmology, ancestors are not ghosts floating around looking for bodies. They are continuing members of the lineage who have exited the visible phase of life but remain active in the invisible one…
Death is not an ending; it is a change of state. Ancestors are those who lived fully into adulthood, reproduced, fulfilled social obligation, and died with their identity intact. They are not random spirits…
They are specific people who once had names, bodies, land, and responsibilities. Ancestors do not exist outside the family system. They exist inside continuity. Their role is not domination; it is stabilization of lineage, land, memory, and survival patterns…
AFRICAN PLANTS FOR AIR CLEANSING & ENERGY UPLIFT:🌿
•After sunset, the Mountain Aloe radiates a cleansing energy from its thorns, purifying the air and removing negative vibrations, mountain aloe also helps filter toxins like formaldehyde, boosts oxygen...
And carries a healing aura. Keep it near a sunny window.
•African violet softens the home’s energy and can help reduce electromagnetic stress from electronics.
•African spear plant (Sansevieria cylindrica) is a strong air purifier...
That thrives on little water perfect for bedrooms.
•Spider plant, originally from tropical Africa, removes carbon monoxide and other pollutants great for shelves or hanging pots...
AmaSwati consist of various clans; for instance, the Dlaminis belong to the abaMbo. Among them, some are originally Sotho, others are originally Ntungwa, and others are Khwe, yet linguistically, they are Lala...
AmaLala comprises clans like Ngcobo, Ngcolosi, Ndlanzi, Bhengu, Mthethwa, Mhlongo, and Cele (who communicate in the IsiCele language), along with Hlabisa. IsiLala consists of a network of related dialects from communities like Cele, Mhlongo, Mthethwa...
Dlamini, and Swati, among others. Ukutekela is the way these individuals articulate words, hence it is essentially identical. IsiLala and XiTsonga have similarities. In KZN, isiThonga existed as a combination of IsiLala and Tsonga...