Mama Tandi is my name, the ancestors gave it to me in my infant age. Lived with my family that I grew to understand the responsibility our linage holds to the community and world at large. Being a mganga is an honor in my family. And it comes with great rewards as well as challenges. But before all that power is entrusted to one, there is a gathering that you are tested for the worthy traits and rituals performed. Those found worthy get to carry on the tradition and responsibilities that come with traditional healing.

Zanzibar and Pemba are the chief centers of black art on the whole coast, and novices come from as far as the Great Lakes to graduate here. Even from Haiti, it is said, witch doctors occasionally come to probe the deepest mysteries of voodoo.