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  2. Witchcraft in Africa - Wikipedia

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    African witchcraft beliefs have exerted a profound influence on practices called brujeria in Latin America, especially in regions with incoming African diaspora religions, such as Brazil, Cuba, and the Caribbean. This influence is marked by syncretism, where African witchcraft beliefs have merged with Indigenous, European, and Christian elements.

  3. Modern witch hunts - Wikipedia

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    In recent times, Wolfgang Behringer has provided an overview about witch hunts throughout history and continents. [4] A particularly high prevalence of recent witch hunting has been noted for the DRC, South Africa, [5] [6] Tanzania, Kenya and Nigeria. [7] Other states showing ongoing and repeated witch hunts are Malawi, Ghana, Gambia, Benin ...

  4. Witchcraft in Ghana - Wikipedia

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    Traditional African religions have depicted the universe as a multitude of spirits that are able to be used for good or evil through religion. [4] Witchcraft beliefs are deeply rooted in Ghanaian culture and can be traced back to hundreds of years before colonial powers in the country were even present. Today, it continues to influence actions ...

  5. List of people executed for witchcraft - Wikipedia

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    Artistic depiction of the execution by burning of three alleged witches in Baden, Switzerland in 1585. This is a list of people executed for witchcraft, many of whom were executed during organized witch-hunts, particularly during the 15th–18th centuries. Large numbers of people were prosecuted for witchcraft in Europe between 1560 and 1630.

  6. African magic - Wikipedia

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    Ancient African culture was in the habit customarily of always discerning difference between magic, and a group of other things, which are not magic, these things were medicine, divination, witchcraft and sorcery. [3]

  7. Category:African witchcraft - Wikipedia

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  8. Witchcraft accusations in Ghana could be banned by new law - AOL

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    Ghana's parliament on Friday passed a bill to protect people accused of witchcraft, making it a crime to abuse them or send them away from communities. The new law was suggested after a 90-year ...

  9. Witch camp - Wikipedia

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    Witch camp in Nalerigu, Ghana. Witch camps are settlements where women in Ghana who have been accused of being witches can flee for safety. Women in such camps have been accused of witchcraft for various reasons, including mental illness. Some camps are thought to have been created in the early 20th century. [1]