The mistaken idea that human beings can harm or kill others through magical/supernatural means underlies the belief in witchcraft. The idea persists and drives many people across Nigeria and Africa to engage with impunity in witch persecution and killing. This misconception reportedly led a-40 year old man, Manu, from Niger[Read More…]
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How Religion Is Hampering Scientific Thinking In Africa
(Jollofnews)- Recently, there have been media reports of paranormal claims from different parts of Africa. These reports highlight cases in which witches supposedly crash-landed in the compound of a church or in a public square. There have been stories of people transforming into goats, cats or birds. Women have allegedly[Read More…]
Why Do Religions Need Money For Pilgrimages?
(JollofNews) – We must be unrelenting in making this demand and in asking this question: Why do religions need money, our money for their trips to their holy lands? Why do persons with fervent faith in a benevolent, provident, paradise- kingdom- owning deities demand money, worldly money to fund their programs?[Read More…]
Religion: Death For Blasphemy Deserves Scorn
(JollofNews) – In a recent lecture, Owen Jones, who described himself as a ‘socialist humanist’ and an ‘atheist’, drew attention to his objection to ‘aggressive atheism’. He defined aggressive atheism as that form of atheism that treats religious belief and believers with contempt. Jones said, “Yet while I am an[Read More…]
Stop The Campaign Against Amnesty International In Nigeria
(JollofNews) -Today, over fifty persons protested in front of the office of the Amnesty International in Abuja, Nigeria. Sources at the office said that the protesters were shouting “Amnesty International We no go gree.” A few of them were holding placards and big banners with inscriptions that say: “No to[Read More…]
Humanism: Realising And Resisting Change In Africa
(JollofNews) – In 1994, a student gave me a book, and one of the lines in the book read, “If you want to change the society, start a movement”. I did not understand the full importance of this statement but the insight struck me and stuck with me, and never[Read More…]
Churches And Hunting Witches In Christian Africa
(JollofNews)- It cannot be overemphasized that churches in Africa are instrumental to the witch craze in the region. Programs and activities of faith organizations continue to fuel witchcraft suspicions with sometimes horrific consequences on alleged witches. There is an urgent need to counteract this dark and destructive process. We must[Read More…]
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