Suzan Hendricks is a South African sangoma (traditional healer) born in Cliptown, a village outside Johannesburg, in 1947. Participating in Nelson Mandela's presidential inauguration in 1994, she caught the attention of Pops Mohamed who was arranging the "Outernational Sessions" at the time, and she joined the M.E.L.T. 2000 family thereafter. Note: Her name is sometimes misspelt as "Susan Hendricks".