How has traditional healing been used to address conflict in Mozambique?

The civil war in Mozambique, between RENAMO and FRELIMO, resulted in millions of Mozambicans being displaced, injured, violated, traumatized, and killed. It destroyed the very fabric of life in Mozambique. It was a collective realization and effort to utilize local resources, such as practitioners of indigenous medicine to perform cleansing rituals with the purpose of reintegrated the traumatized individual into society. By framing traditional healing as an alternative method for reconciliation, this research explores how indigenous knowledge has been used to foster healing that focuses on reconciliation and rebuilding relationships instead of retribution. Through in-depth interviews, discussions, and interpretative analysis, the research explores the meaning behind engaging in indigenous medicine as an unconventional peacebuilding method, and how this method has been utilized and perceived.