Credo Mutwa

Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa (also known as Credo Mutwa and Credo V. Mutwa) (1921- ) [1] is a Zulu sangoma (traditional healer), theorist, author, playwright and cultural leader from South Africa. He is also a writer of stories that mix the traditional Zulu folkore with extraterrestrial encounters and his own personally created fables.

Claimed there were developed dramatic forms in African traditional societies (see articles in S’ketsh) and attempted to reconstruct this form of early African theatre, for which he used the Zulu word umlinganiso. His play uNosilimela, first performed by the Experimental Theatre Workshop '71 in 1973, was based on this reconstruction. First published in Robert Kavanagh (ed) South African People’s Plays by Heinemann in 1981.

His published writings include:

Indaba, My Children (1964). ISBN 0-8021-3604-4, 1st American edition (March 1999) • Zulu Shaman: Dreams, Prophecies, and Mysteries. ISBN 0-89281-129-3, 2nd edition (10 October 2003) • Songs of the Stars. ISBN 1-886449-01-5, 1st edition (May 2000) • Africa Is My Witness, Johannesburg: Blue Crane Books, 1966. ISBN unknown • The Reptilian Agenda with David Icke and Credo Mutwa - the complete series. • My People, the Writings of a Zulu Witch-Doctor (Penguin Books, 1977)[1] ISBN 0-14-003210-X

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