ANDREA Dondolo has surrendered her life to amadlozi.
“I had to surrender. I could not run away anymore,” said the actress.
After graduating last November, all she’s done is heal people.
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Andrea (44), originally from Sada in the Eastern Cape, told Daily Sun that she eventually took the spiritual journey she had been in denial about for a long time.
The former Home Affairs actress said she was getting signs that she could no longer run away. The signs started manifesting and in the last two years, they intensified.
“It was a difficult and heartbreaking decision. It was hard on my ego but the best for my spirituality. Things were falling apart. I could not burden my son with the excess of my denials,” she said.
“I’m a fully-fledged sangoma practising full-time in the Eastern Cape,” she said. Andrea said she became spiritually and physically sick.
Her knees and ankles were aching, keeping her awake. She said as a child, she experienced a lot of spiritual attacks.
“The training of being a sangoma was tough. It’s not child’s play. It’s hard, whether mentally, physically, spiritually or financially. It is a new way of living,” she said.
The confirmation to become a sangoma came through her grandmother’s dream, who told her to prepare as her father was coming to get her.
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“Some people rejected me while others embraced me.When you are in your indumba, that is when the real work starts. That is where scary spiritual battles are handled,” she said, adding that she was still open to acting opportunities.
She has appeared in productions including Gold Diggers and Stokvel.
