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 .

and witch-hunting needs an urgent pan-African response. Drawing from the cases and activities of the Advocacy for Alleged Witches. I explore the myth and reality of witch hunting outlining ways to ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Read Brave, the free annual citywide book club that brings communities together, hosts two events centered on Nnedi Okorafor’s young adult novel “Akata Witch,” which explores communities through ...

In February 2025, the court delivered a landmark judgment, holding Tanzania accountable for human rights violations against ...

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 ...

The Zambian-born director has, with only two features, stunned film festivals and emerged as a major African voice, one ...

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

Our art reflects a commitment to the pleasant, a subtlety and delay in how we communicate, and an easygoing acceptance of ...