In this piece, I argue that witchcraft is a myth ravaging the lives of many Africans; and witch-hunting needs an urgent ...

Witchcraft as a distinct religion is alien to the African continent, but the idea of witchcraft as a crime is not. The two narratives are distinct and should not be mixed. Witchcraft as practised ...

The interest reflects a belief in forms of magic and supernatural phenomena that remains in parts of southern Africa — and some irritation at a colonial-era law that brands it witchcraft and ...

Limited public health services and health education "increase the prevalence of accusations of witchcraft and ritual attacks", according to guidance by the African Union. Conditions such as autism ...

A South African man hopped on TikTok to shared his trauma of witnessing his mother being labelled as the village witch after ...

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The young men of the village took sticks, chased the witch and beat her to death, which is the accepted punishment for witches in East Africa. For this the white man’s government was demanding ...

Two men in Zambia are accused of practicing witchcraft and possessing charms intended to harm the country's president. The trial has become a source of fascination in the southern African nation ...

From summer to autumn in sub-Saharan Africa, green fields of rice ... These eye-catching flowers are known as ‘witch weeds,’ as they survive and spread by parasitizing the roots of other ...

Read Brave, the free annual citywide book club that brings communities together, hosts two events centered on Nnedi Okorafor’s young adult novel “Akata Witch,” which explores communities through ...