John Lockley

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]

John Lockley
Born	1971 (age 53–54) Cape Town, South Africa
Nationality	South African
Occupation	Sangoma
Years active	2007–present
Website	www.johnlockley.com

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]