Comments on: Photo: Human Eaters In Lagos Attacked By Angry Mob And Almost Set Ablaze

By: Akaice ne fimina

Akaice ne fimina — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 06:10:15 +0000

@amafilika fi news fya ndoshi mwalifikonka sana, aini? Mukesule fye ka online newspaper, tukalakapaunda.

By: bodybuilder

bodybuilder — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 21:33:30 +0000

Man eating niggas. Weird!

By: amafilika

amafilika — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:41:32 +0000

Poverty, misery, frustration, desperation and hopelessness have driven many Africans to look for scape goats or somebody to hold responsible or blame for the ills of the society. Many Africans consult and rely on spiritual healers and diviners, prophets, imams and pastors who often attribute social problems to malevolent magic and witchcraft. Witches are generally percieved to be enemies of the society. So suspicion of witchcraft evokes feelings of hatred, anger and vengance. People react violently towards anyone identified as a witch in a family or community. People believe a witch deserves no mercy or compassion. They believe a witch should be tortured and suffered to die.

By: amafilika

amafilika — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:36:11 +0000

And in Malawi, a 29 year old man, Wadson Zalimba is in police custody for killing his grandmother, Estere Minduwe for practicing witchcraft. According to the report, Minduwe often quarreled with the grandchildren and they accused her of being a witch and of being responsible for the misery in their lives. On this fateful day, some quarrel ensued while Zalimba and his siblings were making mockery of their grandmother. Zalimba threw a big stone on the grandmother which landed on her head and caused a deep cut. She was later pronounced dead in a local hospital.

By: amafilika

amafilika — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:34:33 +0000

The waving of a stick was reportedly taken by her attackers to be a kind of muti- a practice which many people in Southern Africa associate with magic and witchcraft.

By: amafilika

amafilika — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:31:55 +0000

In November, a 70-year old woman alleged to be a witch was battered to death by two men in Lesotho in Southern Africa. The woman was said to be mentally ill. She lost her way and was roaming the streets when she encountered these two men who were returning from a bar. The two men pounced on her, after she allegedly waved a stick at them, and beat her to death.

By: amafilika

amafilika — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:30:55 +0000

In Kenya, a 79 -year old man was killed for practicing witchcraft. Thomas Barawa was hacked to death by his attackers who stormed his house around midnight. Last summer, more than 7 people including Barawa’s wife were murdered in Kilifi district for practicig witchcraft.

By: amafilika

amafilika — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:29:11 +0000

There is a growing incident of lynching and murder of suspected witches in different parts of Africa. This wave of witch hunting targets elderly people particularly women. In Nigeria, a court has rejected the bail application of three persons accused of killing a 70-year old woman, Mrs Rebecca Adewumi, for witchcraft.

Mrs Adewumi was accused of being responsible for the sickness of a local evangelist. She was dragged to the palace of the monarch, where she was forced to drink local concoctions. The concoctions were given to her to make her confess or die within seven days. But after seven days she did not confess or die. Subsequently local thugs stormed her house.

They dragged her under the rain and flogged her. According to a family member, her attackers scrapped her hair with broken bottles and used a big scissors to cut her fingers, then placed her on a tyre and set her ablaze. And in Benue state in Central Nigeria, a middle aged man, Vincent Igwe of Enyikpe Ulayi community in Ado local government area was mudered by his siblings for witchcraft. He was reportedly hacked to death by his brothers who accused him of being responsible for ‘unusual happenings and strange deaths in the family and community’

By: AZIONONGELA KABIMBA

AZIONONGELA KABIMBA — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:58:03 +0000

takwaba ne nama isabi nalyo lyalipwa kwashalafye utushishi twamumenshi ba bvutika bembas

By: swine

swine — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 10:52:33 +0000

mob striped unclad two men…chisungu cha shani?..how do you stripe someone who is not clad…okay mwachita over naimwe ba Tumfweko!