Politics: More on the Occult in Africa
Having thoroughly documented the growing problem of vampires in Malawi, our attention now turns to the growing scourge of childhood witchcraft in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
This piece, by the BBC, offers some interesting insight into this issue. Apparently, children are accused of witchcraft, and brainwashed into believing that they are in fact practicing sorcery, when something bad happens to their parents. In classic BBC fashion, they subtly indicate that lots and lots of bad things happen, and the impulse to scapegoat leads to about 20,000 kids turned out of their homes as witches.
Oddly, a troupe of former street kids turned musicians have recorded a song to somehow shed light on the problem. I'm not sure how that's going to work out. But they probably shouldn't turn to the open minds at this church for support. Perhaps the crazy bastard who was part of the territorial government in Greenland can help out.
Having thoroughly documented the growing problem of vampires in Malawi, our attention now turns to the growing scourge of childhood witchcraft in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
This piece, by the BBC, offers some interesting insight into this issue. Apparently, children are accused of witchcraft, and brainwashed into believing that they are in fact practicing sorcery, when something bad happens to their parents. In classic BBC fashion, they subtly indicate that lots and lots of bad things happen, and the impulse to scapegoat leads to about 20,000 kids turned out of their homes as witches.
Oddly, a troupe of former street kids turned musicians have recorded a song to somehow shed light on the problem. I'm not sure how that's going to work out. But they probably shouldn't turn to the open minds at this church for support. Perhaps the crazy bastard who was part of the territorial government in Greenland can help out.
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