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chained_bear commented on the word minkisi
"In Bakongo practice, almighty God, Nzambi, has a power that can be influenced through medicine. Priests or mediums make sacred medicines called minkisi, concoctions of plants, in clay pots about the size of half a cantaloupe."
—Edward Ball, Slaves in the Family (NY: Ballantine Books, 1998), 248
October 13, 2009