Nganga
（重定向自Mganga）
![Nganga mask, from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum](/Images/godic/202501/27/Brooklyn_Museum_22.224_Mask_Nganga_Diphombe4144.jpg")
![Inyanga from Johannesburg, South Africa](/Images/godic/202501/27/Inyanga_Baba_Sylvester4144.jpg")
![A n'anga, close to Great Zimbabwe](/Images/godic/202501/27/N'anga4144.jpg")
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Nganga is a Bantu term for herbalist or spiritual healer in many African societies and also in many societies of the African diaspora such as those in Haiti, Brazil, and Cuba. It is derived from *-ganga in proto-Njila, an early branch of the Bantu family. The verb form related to it, -gang- relates to wisdom, knowledge and skill. As this term is a multiple reflex of a Proto-Bantu root, there are slight variations on the term throughout the entire Bantu-speaking world.