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 ...

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 ...

An alleged attempt to bewitch a president is a reminder of a plotter's bogus claim about witchcraft being used ... Zambia for attempting to bewitch the African nation's president, Hakainde Hichilema.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

which is the accepted punishment for witches in East Africa. For this the white man’s government was demanding their death. Sixty Chicago policemen sentenced to death for shooting a racketeer ...

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

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 ...