White Sangomas:

While there are recorded instances of white sangomas before 1994, since 1994 an increasing number of white people have openly trained as sangomas in South Africa. The question of authenticity is still often an ongoing discussion. According to Dr Nokuzola Mndende of the Icamagu Institute, a Xhosa sangoma and formerly a lecturer in religious studies at the University of Cape Town:
“An igqirha is someone who has been called by their ancestors to heal, whether from the maternal or paternal side, they can’t be called by [somebody else’s] ancestors.”

However, Philip Kubekeli, director of the Traditional Medical Practitioners, Herbalist and Spiritual Healers Association, and Phephsile Maseko, spokesperson of the Traditional Healers Organisation, insist that traditional healing knows no colour, and see nothing wrong with white sangomas.
Several white sangomas, interviewed in 2010, claimed that they have been welcommed by the black community in South Africa, aside from isolated experiences of hostility. On the other hand, there have also been reports that white sangomas have been less readily accepted by black sangomas.