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 ...

If there is a witch hunt, I first go to hear the witches' reasons” (Indro Montanelli). This is a story of shadows. Shadows ...

In the usually serene Immaculate Conception Seminary in Agenebode, Etsako East of Edo State, a sense of dread settled over ...

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

In fact, it was outright shunned, considered “witchcraft” and a product ... (I know it’s not in the amount of prayer we have. But it certainly helps to ward off the flesh).

“After all of these things, if prayers are not properly done, lives may be lost, people might die because they are evoking spirits. This is a spirit of death and they have been in the grav ...

The traditional system of healing in Odisha's Koraput and its neighbouring tribal-dominated districts is in crisis, with tribal healers being forced to leave the profession.

Posing as pastors by day and operating as witchdoctors by night, these fraudsters are preying on believers from whom they extort fortunes under the guise of special prayers. Police investigations ...

Trump’s rambling, often incoherent remarks at the recent National Prayer Breakfast, a supposedly interfaith ... leader who publicly accused Vice President Kamala Harris of using witchcraft to win the ...

Lord of the Rings is an almost unbeatable fantasy film, but movies like The Green Knight and Labyrinth come close.