According to William Kamkwamba, witches and wizards are afraid of money, which they consider a rival evil. Any contact with cash will snap their spell and leave the wizard naked and confused, so placing cash, such as kwacha, around a room or bed mat will protect the resident from their malevolent spells. [53]

There are two types of magic, good, or magic which is used to do well and enhance well-being, and bad, which is magic used to do harm or wrong or evil. [7] The traditional roles related to and of magic in African society is medicine-man, divinator, rain-maker, [7] and priest-magician. [2]

2023年6月22日 · However, the general view among Africans is that witches are the embodiment of evil, and that witchcraft is used chiefly for malevolent and malicious purposes. 24 Witches are generally believed to be cannibals who operate, usually in a group, in strange places at night and supply human flesh in turns. 25 They may also plot the death of their ...

2021年3月16日 · For one, the Obayifo is a living being that is inhabited by an evil spirit, which causes it to perform evil acts. They walk about as neighbors, friends, husbands and wives, and no one but the Okomfo, or White Wizard, can identify them. The Okomfo, a holy priest, is the only protection against an Obayifo.

Witchcraft is an endemic belief in African societies from time immemorial. It is rooted in mysterious element of African traditional culture. There are few, if any African societies which do not believe in witchcraft of one type or another. Africans believe that the hand of either God or evil forces may be seen in any event.

The Obayifo is a vampire-like mythological creature from West Africa, specifically from the folklore of the Ashanti people. It is believed to be a living human being who has the power to leave its physical body at night to travel and attack others, often draining them of their blood or life energy.

In Africa, witch doctors are practitioners who possess supernatural powers to heal people. They’re often associated with tribal beliefs and superstition. But they can also be good at what they do, so long as you don’t mind paying them.

Based on a review of the literature and on the author's comparative studies in three African societies, this article will answer the following questions: First, what are the general characteristics of occult beliefs in Africa? Second, what are the underlying reasons behind witchcraft accusations, and who are the major targets of such accusations?

2012年8月21日 · Some traditions in Africa (the Lower Congo Province in DRC) consider witches as those who received insight to control, supervise or to protect their respective families. In this regard, witchcraft, to some extent, was considered as an African leadership’s value.

2016年2月4日 · You can tell a story about how many different ways of learning wizarding in an imaginary Africa were suppressed, lost, denigrated, marginalized or impoverished, leaving a single major institution built on an essentially Western and modern model, and write colonialism into your world of good and evil magic.