witchcraft and witch hunting are English words, terms, and concepts that Western anthropologists use to (mis) categorize and (mis)represent certain phenomena in Africa. So witchcraft has ...

In this piece, I argue that witchcraft is a myth ravaging the lives of many Africans; and witch-hunting needs an urgent pan-African response. Drawing from the cases and activities of the Advocacy for ...

Dementia is an "escalating challenge" in Africa, according to a study published ... Accusing someone of witchcraft is illegal in the country, punishable by up to two years in prison, but the ...

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This testimony urges the general assembly of Maryland to vote yes to HJ0002 and support the exoneration of alleged witches of colonial Maryland .

When Angela Asemota's son began having seizures at six years old in 1996, people gossiped that he was possessed by evil ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

However, those accused of witchcraft can also be "beaten to death" or they may be "stoned or beheaded, as has been reported in Indonesia and sub-Saharan Africa." In many communities, it is ...