The traditional healer.
Herbalist specialize with treatment using herbs
while the spiritual healer goes to the very deepest levels of a person's
psyche where many illnesses have their origins. Witch doctors practices
dark art of black magic.Many uses body parts and instill fear in the
community. In most cases their intentions are evil and inspired by greed.
These types of people were /are common in African community.The
Missionaries failed to realize that not all healers were witch doctors,
even if they realize that they refused to acknowledged that only a
few were doing evil. That caused a great trouble because the missionaries
insisted that people should not attend traditional healers but only pray
to God for survival. There were some Missionaries who were fascinated by
this great magic/ science of the Black people. In 1919 herbalists
were given license in Zululand /Natal. Due to Spanish influenza a hospital
was erected in 1918 to help people. Although the Missionaries were
against traditional healers they could not eradicate them away because
even today they still exist and active. This shows that Missionaries had
the power to civilize but was not strong enough to totally do away with
African beliefs and their culture.