Tag Archives: Witchcraft
By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong Veteran Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene, of BBC fame, disclosure that out of 45 Ghanaian medical students surveyed 41 believe witchcraft is responsible for existential problems; once again, reveal the immense obstacles entangling the Ghanaian development process. Here … read more »
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Bujumbura – Villagers in northeast Burundi hacked to death a woman accused of witchcraft and five members of her family, including a baby and two other children, local authorities said on Sunday. On Saturday “a group of people attacked the … read more »
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A couple have been found guilty of murdering a teenager they had accused of using witchcraft. Eric Bikubi, 28, and Magalie Bamu, aged 29, from Newham, east London, had denied killing Bamu’s 15-year-old brother Kristy. Kristy drowned in a bath … read more »
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“A sin is an evil which has its ground or origin in the agent, and not in the compulsion of circumstances.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge, British poet and philosopher By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong The eerie image of a one-month-old baby … read more »
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Hundreds of children in Nigeria are being subjected to horrific violence after being accused of withcraft, according to a report by a children’s rights charity. Children as young as two have been burnt, poisoned, buried alive or chained up for … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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October 30, 2010 by benim
This Halloween many of our American children will dress up as witches. And we’ll hear their laughter and see their smiles as they joyfully go door-to-door trick-or-treating. But not all of our children will. Due to homophobic bullying some of … read more »
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Tagged Anti-Gay Bullying, Bullies, Bullying, Cyberbullying, Education News, Gay, Gay And Lesbian Rights, Gay Bullying, Gay Issues, Gay Rights, Gays And Lesbians, Halloween, Halloween Costumes, Indepth Africa Magazine, Lesbian, Puritans, Salem-Massachusetts, School Bullying, Witch, Witch-hunt, Witchcraft, Witches
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October 29, 2010 by benim
A journalist explores the plight of forgotten Ghanaian women labeled as witches. Some women at the witch camp tend to lose track of time, having been there for decades. The Halloween season abounds with witches and goblins and ghosts. While … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Odd News, West Africa
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Tagged Accra, Africa news, Ghana, Halloween, Indepth Africa, Macbeth, West Africa, Witch-hunt, Witchcraft, Zimbabwe
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October 22, 2010 by benim
Malawi, a largely agricultural country, is making efforts to overcome decades of underdevelopment and the more recent impact of a growing HIV-Aids problem. For the first 30 years of independence it was run by the authoritarian and quixotic President Hastings … read more »
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