About the Author

Unathi Magubeni, 35, is a writer, a sangoma and a trainee herbalist. He left the corporate world in December 2009 after successfully starting a company in telecommunication with two friends. He currently lives in the Eastern Cape. His first book, Food for thought, a collection of poetry, was published in 2003.

Reviews

'Magubeni handles the sacred subject in a way that neither slants nor meddles. For this reason, when African traditionalists learn of Magubeni's book they will be nervously curious but will discover that they needn't have been. It will be a rare gift for the scholars, and we ordinary readers will not remember our lives before Magubeni happened.' - Thando Mgqolozana, author of A man who is not a man, Unimportance and Hear me alone