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'''John Keith Kelly Lockley''' (born 1971) is a [[white South African]] who is initiated as an ''igqirha'', a traditional healer or [[Traditional healers of South Africa|''sangoma'']] of the [[Xhosa people]].<ref name="Spirit&Destiny">{{cite news|url=http://www.johnlockley.com/publications/2016/8/10/the-sangomas-apprentice|title=The sangoma's apprentice|last=Turner|first=Sally|date=June 2010|work=|newspaper=Spirit & Destiny|access-date=|via=|accessdate=10 March 2013}} Posted at Lockley's website.</ref><ref name=IOL/><ref name=DailyNews>{{Cite news|author=Zohra Mohamed Teke |url=http://www.african-shaman.com/wp-content/uploads/Sangoma-Lockley-is-a-healing-connector.pdf |title=Sangoma Lockley is a healing connector |newspaper=Daily News |date=25 February 2010 |accessdate=10 March 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325035124/https://www.african-shaman.com/wp-content/uploads/Sangoma-Lockley-is-a-healing-connector.pdf |archivedate=25 March 2014 |df= }} at Lockley's website.</ref>
'''John Keith Kelly Lockley''' (born 1971) is a [[white South African]] who is initiated as an ''igqirha'', a traditional healer or [[Traditional healers of South Africa|''sangoma'']] of the [[Xhosa people]].<ref name="Spirit&Destiny">{{cite news|url=http://www.johnlockley.com/publications/2016/8/10/the-sangomas-apprentice|title=The sangoma's apprentice|last=Turner|first=Sally|date=June 2010|work=|newspaper=Spirit & Destiny|access-date=|via=|accessdate=10 March 2013}} Posted at Lockley's website.</ref><ref name=IOL/><ref name=DailyNews>{{Cite news|author=Zohra Mohamed Teke |url=http://www.african-shaman.com/wp-content/uploads/Sangoma-Lockley-is-a-healing-connector.pdf |title=Sangoma Lockley is a healing connector |newspaper=Daily News |date=25 February 2010 |accessdate=10 March 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325035124/https://www.african-shaman.com/wp-content/uploads/Sangoma-Lockley-is-a-healing-connector.pdf |archivedate=25 March 2014 |df= }}</ref>


==Training as a sangoma==
==Training as a sangoma==
Lockley was born in [[Cape Town]] in 1971 during [[apartheid]] to an [[Irish people|Irish]] mother and a [[Zimbabwe]]an father with [[British people|British]] ancestry.<ref name=Spirit&Destiny/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.faz.net/aktuell/beruf-chance/mein-weg/john-lockley-im-rhythmus-der-xhosa-11708657.html|title=Im Rhythmus der Xhosa|last=Bröll|first=Claudia|date=7 April 2012|work=|newspaper=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|language=German|access-date=|via=|accessdate=10 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=DailySun>{{cite news|last=Sizani |first=Mkhuseli |title=I was called by ancestors, says mlungu |url=http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dailysun/2011/05/03/DE/9/DEMlungu-sangoma%20OF%20THE%20ANCESTORS_1223.html |accessdate=11 March 2013 |newspaper=Daily Sun |date=3 May 2011 |quote=He told Daily Sun: 'I was born with a band of birth skin around my eyes. It is the white mark of the sangoma.' |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325010420/https://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dailysun/2011/05/03/DE/9/DEMlungu-sangoma%20OF%20THE%20ANCESTORS_1223.html |archivedate=25 March 2014 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.johnlockley.com/publications/2016/8/10/bridge-of-reconciliation-sacred-hoop-magazine-issue-56-2007|title=Bridge of Reconciliation|last=Lockley|first=John|date=2007|work=|newspaper=Sacred Hoop|access-date=|via=|accessdate=10 March 2013}} Posted at Lockley's website.</ref>
Lockley was born in [[Cape Town]] in 1971 during [[apartheid]] to an [[Irish people|Irish]] mother and a [[Zimbabwe]]an father with [[British people|British]] ancestry.<ref name=Spirit&Destiny/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.faz.net/aktuell/beruf-chance/mein-weg/john-lockley-im-rhythmus-der-xhosa-11708657.html|title=Im Rhythmus der Xhosa|last=Bröll|first=Claudia|date=7 April 2012|work=|newspaper=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|language=German|access-date=|via=|accessdate=10 March 2013}}</ref><ref name=DailySun>{{cite news|last=Sizani |first=Mkhuseli |title=I was called by ancestors, says mlungu |url=http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dailysun/2011/05/03/DE/9/DEMlungu-sangoma%20OF%20THE%20ANCESTORS_1223.html |accessdate=11 March 2013 |newspaper=Daily Sun |date=3 May 2011 |quote=He told Daily Sun: 'I was born with a band of birth skin around my eyes. It is the white mark of the sangoma.' |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325010420/https://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dailysun/2011/05/03/DE/9/DEMlungu-sangoma%20OF%20THE%20ANCESTORS_1223.html |archivedate=25 March 2014 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.johnlockley.com/publications/2016/8/10/bridge-of-reconciliation-sacred-hoop-magazine-issue-56-2007|title=Bridge of Reconciliation|last=Lockley|first=John|date=2007|work=|newspaper=Sacred Hoop|access-date=|via=|accessdate=10 March 2013}} Posted at Lockley's website.</ref>


He completed an honours degree in [[clinical psychology]] at [[Rhodes University]] in 1997.<ref name=IOL>{{cite news|title=White sangoma dreams his destiny |url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/white-sangoma-dreams-his-destiny-1.350566#.UTyIvdZTCz4 |accessdate=10 March 2013 |newspaper=IOL |date=28 April 2007 }} Shortened version of [http://www.african-shaman.com/wp-content/uploads/sangoma-cannot-choose.pdf "You cannot choose to be a sangoma"] {{wayback|url=http://www.african-shaman.com/wp-content/uploads/sangoma-cannot-choose.pdf |date=20110707094719 }} by Jonathan Ancer in ''The Star'', 23 March 2007 at Lockley's website.</ref><ref name=Times>{{Cite news|url=http://www.african-shaman.com/wp-content/uploads/sangoma-heed-call.pdf |last=Mthethwa |first=Bongani |title=Celebrity sangomas heed the call of ancestors |date=21 September 2008 |newspaper=The Times |accessdate=10 March 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913180950/https://www.african-shaman.com/wp-content/uploads/sangoma-heed-call.pdf |archivedate=13 September 2012 |df= }} at Lockley's website. </ref>
He completed an honours degree in [[clinical psychology]] at [[Rhodes University]] in 1997.<ref name=IOL>{{cite news|title=White sangoma dreams his destiny |url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/white-sangoma-dreams-his-destiny-1.350566#.UTyIvdZTCz4 |accessdate=10 March 2013 |newspaper=IOL |date=28 April 2007 }} Shortened version of [http://www.african-shaman.com/wp-content/uploads/sangoma-cannot-choose.pdf "You cannot choose to be a sangoma"] {{wayback|url=http://www.african-shaman.com/wp-content/uploads/sangoma-cannot-choose.pdf |date=20110707094719 }} by Jonathan Ancer in ''The Star'', 23 March 2007.</ref><ref name=Times>{{Cite news|url=http://www.african-shaman.com/wp-content/uploads/sangoma-heed-call.pdf |last=Mthethwa |first=Bongani |title=Celebrity sangomas heed the call of ancestors |date=21 September 2008 |newspaper=The Times |accessdate=10 March 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913180950/https://www.african-shaman.com/wp-content/uploads/sangoma-heed-call.pdf |archivedate=13 September 2012 |df= }} </ref>


In 1997 in [[post-apartheid South Africa]] he met Xhosa sangoma Mum Gwevu in the Joza [[Township (South Africa)|township]] in [[Grahamstown]], [[Eastern Cape]]. Mum Gwevu says she had foreseen his arrival in a dream. He was trained as a sangoma in the Eastern Cape townships, serving a 10-year apprenticeship with Mum Gwevu which he completed in 2007. Mum Gwevu gave him the [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] name ''Ucingolwendaba'', which means "messenger".<ref name=IOL/><ref name=DailyNews/><ref name=DailySun/><ref name=Times/>
In 1997 in [[post-apartheid South Africa]] he met Xhosa sangoma Mum Gwevu in the Joza [[Township (South Africa)|township]] in [[Grahamstown]], [[Eastern Cape]]. Mum Gwevu says she had foreseen his arrival in a dream. He was trained as a sangoma in the Eastern Cape townships, serving a 10-year apprenticeship with Mum Gwevu which he completed in 2007. Mum Gwevu gave him the [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] name ''Ucingolwendaba'', which means "messenger".<ref name=IOL/><ref name=DailyNews/><ref name=DailySun/><ref name=Times/>
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== Further Reading ==
* Baker, JH (June 2010) [http://www.johnlockley.com/publications/2016/8/10/the-lone-leopard "The Lone Leopard" (PDF)]. ''Sacred Fire Magazine''. Retrieved 10 March 2013
* Timm, Lindy (14 July 2009). [http://www.johnlockley.com/publications/2016/8/10/after-the-calling-dream "After the calling dream" (PDF)]. ''The South African''. Retrieved 10 March 2013.    
* Zanardi, Sylvia (26 June 2015). [http://www.capechameleon.co.za/2015/06/sangomas/ "Sangomas - Traditional African Healers"]. ''Cape Chameleon''. Retrieved 8 September 2016
* Ancer, Jonathan (20 March, 2007) [http://www.johnlockley.com/publications/2016/8/10/a-call-to-become-a-sangoma "A Call to Become a Sangoma"]. ''Grocott's''. Archived (PDF) on 8 September 2016
* (10 August 2016) [http://www.johnlockley.com/publications/2016/8/10/together-we-are-strong "Together We Are Strong" (PDF)]. ''Sacred Hoop Magazine,'' UK. Archived (PDF) on 8 September 2016


==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p007hcd4 Interview on Outlook, BBC World Service (13 May 2010)]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p007hcd4 Interview on Outlook, BBC World Service (13 May 2010)]


* [http://www.johnlockley.com/podcasts-1/ Interview on Saturday Live, BBC Radio 4 (5 Sept 2009)]

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John Lockley
Born1971 (age 52–53)
Cape Town, South Africa
NationalitySouth African
OccupationSangoma
Years active2007–present
Websitewww.johnlockley.com

John Keith Kelly Lockley (born 1971) is a white South African who is initiated as an igqirha, a traditional healer or sangoma of the Xhosa people.[1][2][3]

Training as a sangoma

Lockley was born in Cape Town in 1971 during apartheid to an Irish mother and a Zimbabwean father with British ancestry.[1][4][5][6]

He completed an honours degree in clinical psychology at Rhodes University in 1997.[2][7]

In 1997 in post-apartheid South Africa he met Xhosa sangoma Mum Gwevu in the Joza township in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. Mum Gwevu says she had foreseen his arrival in a dream. He was trained as a sangoma in the Eastern Cape townships, serving a 10-year apprenticeship with Mum Gwevu which he completed in 2007. Mum Gwevu gave him the Xhosa name Ucingolwendaba, which means "messenger".[2][3][5][7]

He also practices and teaches yoga and Zen Buddhism.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Turner, Sally (June 2010). "The sangoma's apprentice". Spirit & Destiny. Retrieved 10 March 2013. Posted at Lockley's website.
  2. ^ a b c "White sangoma dreams his destiny". IOL. 28 April 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2013. Shortened version of "You cannot choose to be a sangoma" Template:Wayback by Jonathan Ancer in The Star, 23 March 2007.
  3. ^ a b Zohra Mohamed Teke (25 February 2010). "Sangoma Lockley is a healing connector" (PDF). Daily News. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Bröll, Claudia (7 April 2012). "Im Rhythmus der Xhosa". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  5. ^ a b c Sizani, Mkhuseli (3 May 2011). "I was called by ancestors, says mlungu". Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2013. He told Daily Sun: 'I was born with a band of birth skin around my eyes. It is the white mark of the sangoma.' {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Lockley, John (2007). "Bridge of Reconciliation". Sacred Hoop. Retrieved 10 March 2013. Posted at Lockley's website.
  7. ^ a b Mthethwa, Bongani (21 September 2008). "Celebrity sangomas heed the call of ancestors" (PDF). The Times. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

Further Reading

External links

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