BanaSibilu

BanaSibilu, Ailini Chibale Musonda, of the Tembo (Wasp) clan, was born in 1951 in Chibale.
She became ill in 1973. She went to bamukaNdubeni. Although her condition improved, she made little progress and finally went to Chalebaila, who succeeded in healing her in 1977. She then became his mwanang’anga. In 1979, she started her own practice and had her own mpata (spirits’ shrine), though she was never initiated as an independent shing’anga. In many cases, she did not work alone but collaborated with bamukaNdubeni and was guided by Chalebaila, whom she assisted. She was possessed by all four types of possession spirits. One of the possessing spirits was the first chief called Chibale: Kunda Mfwanti, who died around 1900.
In the 1980s, she belonged to the four shing’anga bakalamba in the wide area around Chibale village: Chalebaila, bamukaNdubeni, Mwela, and bamukaKunda Mfwanti.
She took her own life in 1988 due to incurable breast cancer.