Ritual murder of children: study in Ghana and Kenya explores who’s doing it and why

By Emmanuel Sarpong Owusu, Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer, Aberystwyth University

Superstition, an irrational belief in paranormal influences or a false attribution of events, is an age-old phenomenon found in probably all human societies or cultures. It encompasses a wide range of beliefs, practices and behaviours. Some of these have harmful or even deadly consequences.

In many African communities, there are widespread beliefs relating to the use of human body parts for traditional healing rituals.…

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