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Sisonke Papu, a.k.a. KHNYSA

Traditional healer, storyteller

Summary:

Sisonke Papu, a.k.a. KHNYSA, is iGqiRha/ traditional healer, storyteller and multi- disciplinary artist from Mthatha, South African. KHNYSA’s work seeks to mediate modes of traditional healing and traditional music as repositories of knowledge in the South African context by exploring spatial, emotional and spiritual temporalities by engaging ideas of everydayness, the real and imaginary, dreams and memory, the unseen as well as the mythical, ritual, sonic and cosmic.

He is the founder of ISPILI Network, a transmedia and creative platform dedicated to exploring the creative economy of the Eastern Cape through social programs and online content dedicated to the preservation and transmission of indigenous knowledges and collective healing.

Papu has worked with Breathwork Africa, Ancient Wisdom Africa, 7 Days of Rest and Earthrise Collectives, amongst many organisations and communities, sharing the vast wisdom and indigenous knowledge bestowed to him by his ancestors.

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