The idea of embracing African Spirituality in all its different facets has generally become something easy to talk about. We speak openly about ancestors and the relationship that we have with them. It's all fun and love and light until the topic of umuthi comes up.

For many of us, we grew up with a distinct aversion towards African Indigenous medicine, regardless of what form it takes or even how helpful it can be.

In Part 3 of the Practicing African Spirituality for Beginners, uMkhulu Mahlalentabeni takes us through the very basics of Understanding Umuthi.