gogo, noun1

Plurals:
amagogo.
Origin:
IsiXhosaShow more IsiXhosa igogo (plural amagogo).
obs.
A prophet or seer. See also witchdoctor.
1856 R. Birt in Imp. Blue Bks Command Paper 2352–1857, 35A child of a man, professing to be and regarded as a gogo or prophet, not many miles from this in the Xroon, has died of want.
1891 T.R. Beattie Pambaniso 19The Amagogo assume to be the prophets or seers.
A prophet or seer.
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