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'''Saving Africa's Witch Children'''<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/18/nigeria.child.witchcraft/index.html BBC: Abuse of child 'witches' on rise, aid group says]</ref> is a [[Documentary film|documentary]] |
'''Saving Africa's Witch Children'''<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/18/nigeria.child.witchcraft/index.html BBC: Abuse of child 'witches' on rise, aid group says]</ref> is a [[Documentary film|documentary]] featuring Gary Foxcroft and his organisation Stepping Stones Nigeria who campaign against the branding of children as witches in Nigeria<ref>Gary Foxcroft 2008. Saving Africa's Witch Children, a documentary. Http: www.steppingstonesnigeria.org</ref>. In some of the poorest parts of [[Nigeria]], Pentecostal evangelical religious fervour is combined with the old but persistent African belief in sorcery and black magic. Thousands of children are victimised, abused, abandoned or even killed as they are blamed for having brought about disease, misfortune, death and famine by their alleged witchcraft.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/episode-guide/series-8/episode-1/ Channel 4: Saving Africa's Witch Children]</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:44, 14 October 2011
Saving Africa's Witch Children[1] is a documentary featuring Gary Foxcroft and his organisation Stepping Stones Nigeria who campaign against the branding of children as witches in Nigeria[2]. In some of the poorest parts of Nigeria, Pentecostal evangelical religious fervour is combined with the old but persistent African belief in sorcery and black magic. Thousands of children are victimised, abused, abandoned or even killed as they are blamed for having brought about disease, misfortune, death and famine by their alleged witchcraft.[3]
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- ^ BBC: Abuse of child 'witches' on rise, aid group says
- ^ Gary Foxcroft 2008. Saving Africa's Witch Children, a documentary. Http: www.steppingstonesnigeria.org
- ^ Channel 4: Saving Africa's Witch Children