Palmer, Karen

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Documents the author's visit to remote West African camps where men and women accused of practicing witchcraft are exiled to lives of poverty, describing the pervasiveness of superstitious belief systems through which even victims blame themselves.

As I attempted to digest stories of spiritual cannibalism, of curses that could cost a student her eyesight or ignite the pages of the books she read, I knew I was not alone in my skepticism. And yet, when I caught sight of the waving arms of an industrious scarecrow, the hair o…

Documents the author's visit to remote West African camps where men and women accused of practicing witchcraft are exiled to lives of poverty, describing the pervasiveness of superstitious belief systems through which even victims blame themselves.