TWO men are on trial in Zambia on charges of practicing witchcraft and possessing charms intended to harm the country's president, in a case that has become a source of fascination in the southern African nation.
While most Europeans are fascinated by supernatural part of the story, the real problem is that witchcraft causes a lot of evil in africa. Whether it is linked so supernatural or not is a marginal issues. It is not the witchcraft, but it’s witchcraft mentality (identical with medieval witch hunt in Europe) which is the root cause of evil. The claim that Europeans dont comprehend it is false - we’ve had exactly this here, not long ago. I met many Africans who live in fear. Witchcraft is bad. Here is one example. https://open.substack.com/pub/nomadicmind/p/how-the-devil-killed-idrissas-dad?r=31fxoh&utm_medium=ios
While most Europeans are fascinated by supernatural part of the story, the real problem is that witchcraft causes a lot of evil in africa. Whether it is linked so supernatural or not is a marginal issues. It is not the witchcraft, but it’s witchcraft mentality (identical with medieval witch hunt in Europe) which is the root cause of evil. The claim that Europeans dont comprehend it is false - we’ve had exactly this here, not long ago. I met many Africans who live in fear. Witchcraft is bad. Here is one example. https://open.substack.com/pub/nomadicmind/p/how-the-devil-killed-idrissas-dad?r=31fxoh&utm_medium=ios