…be something that the people know about. And for the next couple of days, Aviva and I, with help from another traditional healer named Betsy, just got to work trying to find out as much as we could about this little mushroom and what it was being used…

…so much fun. Little did I know that I would stumble upon an amazing treasure trove of knowledge just waiting to be discovered. So Betsy and I, we set out to Viva as our translator and just to quickly catch you up. So Betsy is trained as an Inyanga,…

…waiting to be discovered. So Betsy and I, we set out to Viva as our translator and just to quickly catch you up. So Betsy is trained as an Inyanga, which is a medicine woman, not really a diviner or like a soothsayer, not someone that would consult…

…with the ancestors as believed down here, but someone that would just apply medicine. natural medicines and help people overcome ailments. So Betsy was a good foot in the door. Having someone that is of Vasutu origin really helped when I wanted to talk to…

…how to administer it with. I think the actual full name Keo Alaquaba is a very interesting one. It was told to me by Betsy and it means the crow's cigarettes or the cigarettes of the crow, because often they'll pick them from the fields and they It's…