Mukuru is the Supreme Creator (God) of the Himba and Herero people of Namibia.
[3] The Himba cultivate a cult of deceased ancestors (ovakuru),[4] with the deceased subject to the god Mukuru and acting as intermediaries between the living Himba and the god Mukuru.
[4] The Himba know the magical system of omiti, which in the context of traditional African religions corresponds to witchcraft.
[2] The Himba fear omiti-wielding sorcerers, and some believe that every death is the result of omiti's influence.
A Himba healer - close to Mukuru - who knows these powers, can identify them and protect the victim against them in a certain way, but does not use them himself, helps the affected people to discover the source of the omiti.