My Friend the Witchdoctor

A producer has an uncanny encounter with a Sangoma in South Africa. Funny or terrifying??

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African Environmental Tradition

Words of wisdom from Credo Mutwa ~ African Sangoma Respected friends, when most people talk about the extinction of wildlife as well as plant life on this planet of ours, they tend to make the mistake of talking about something, which happened in the remote past.

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Ubuntu video from the Global Oneness Project

Beautiful video about the South African concept of Ubuntu: I am because we are. I've read about Ubuntu quite a bit, but loved the new and beautiful descriptions in this video. Credo Mutwa (traditional sangoma) said "Ubuntu is nothing more or less than compassion brought into colorful practice".

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Sangomas at university

Wits University in South Africa has launched a degree for sangomas - African shamans. They are possessed by the ancestral spirits during frenzied trances to guide their diagnoses. They throw the bones and point finger at enemies. They dispense potions form plant and animal (sometimes human) origin for their spiritual significance. This is wrong.

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PrettyMay Introduces Sangoma-Powered Skype PBX Gateway That

PrettyMay Introduces Sangoma-Powered Skype PBX Gateway That

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PrettyMay Introduces Sangoma-Powered Skype PBX Gateway

PrettyMay Inc., the provider of Windows-based Skype PBX and Gateway products, today announced a new Skype PBX Gateway solution, powered by Sangoma® Technologies Corporation A200 and B600 series analog cards. Equipped with the Sangoma voice cards, the gateway now integrates seamlessly with existing PBX systems, as well as with external legacy networ

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Asterisk + SS7 Setup and Installation

From last few days I am trying to set up Asterisk + SS7 with Sangoma A102 card on my Ubuntu 8.04 machine. This being my first time with Asterisk I was bit skeptical of things and was wondering if it will be smooth? Well, it wasn't really out-of-box, but it wasn't tough either.

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Sangoma in court for rape

"On the way he told the woman that she had a tokoloshe (an evil spirit) living in her, and he had to get rid of it." The sangoma asked the woman to undress and to lie on her back so that he could cleanse her, because the tokoloshe was strong. He then allegedly raped her.

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Sangoma - Sangoma Introduces New Line Of Analog Voice Cards

B600 Card Offers What OEMs Need at an Attractive Price

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Deerfield.com and Sangoma Enter Agreement for Distribution

USA 3CX IP PBX Distributor Deerfield.com and Canadian Telephony manufacturer Sangoma partner to offer 3CX/NetBorder Express bundles, allowing a low-cost VoIP Media Gateway solution for 3CX Phone System customers.

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