I found a witch supply store opposite a Nisa Local. It’s the start of a magical journey
Adrian Chiles
I’ve already bought a book called Basic Witches, and I’ll be back to buy some crystals soon, writes Adrian Chiles
June 2024
‘If you want to call me a witch … that’s fine’: Suranne Jones on magic, misogyny and murder
A common condition
‘They wanted her to confess to witchcraft’: ending the chilling effects of dementia stigma in Nigeria
April 2024
A common condition
The ‘epilepsy warriors’ breaking down the barriers in Cameroon
Amid alarming rates of the illness, many living with it are seen as cursed. Now these myths are being challenged
June 2023
‘Rather insensitive’: Fife council to remove menacing witch mural
Mural by Rogue One found to be not in keeping with historic area, after complaints about portrayal of women accused of witchcraft
October 2022
‘Community at its absolute worst’: revisiting the horror of the Salem witch trials
At a new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society, a ‘reckoning and reclaiming’ is taking place with a devastating portion of history
June 2022
Failure to pardon women persecuted as witches in Scotland ‘prolongs misogyny’
Witch-hunts and ritual child abuse are a stain on Africa. We must confront them
Joan Nyanyuki
October 2021
Herbalist’s murder highlights assault on Mayan spirituality in Guatemala
Spiritual guide Domingo Choc Che was tortured and burned by neighbors who accused him of witchcraft – and advocates say Christian churches are stoking prejudice
February 2020
In mind: focus on mental health
Cast out: the women of Ghana’s ‘witch’ village – in pictures
As women age in rural Ghana, signs of dementia, mental health issues, or even menopausal symptoms, can result in them being declared ‘witches’ and pushed out of their community
January 2019
Tanzanians with albinism embrace a life beyond stigma and superstition
In a country where myths about albinism can have deadly consequences, an organisation set up to battle discrimination is having a profound impact
October 2015
Tanzania: children with albinism receive new limbs after vicious witchcraft attacks – in pictures
Children with albinism who lost limbs in appalling attacks perpetrated by exponents of black magic in Tanzania receive prosthetics in the US
March 2015
Guardian Africa network
White Shadow review – a brutal, honest portrayal of Tanzanian albinism
Alias is a teenage boy living in constant fear of his life – Ben Taylor reviews a fictional account highlighting the situation faced by the albino community today
January 2013
Witchcraft claims against children in Congo DRC reflect curse of poverty
Sorcery charges are increasingly being used by poverty-stricken Congolese families as an excuse to abandon their children. Mark Tran meets a 12-year-old girl who nearly died as a result
October 2012
Witchcraft used as excuse for violence against older women in Tanzania
Marishka Van Steenbergen: UN report on ageing highlights how traditional practices have resulted in the deaths of thousands of older women
May 2012
Guardian development network
Burkina Faso moves to support banished women accused of witchcraft
The government plans to offer legal, financial and psycho-social help to Burkinabe women facing witchcraft charges, but some say the measures do not go far enough
December 2010
Cif belief
Why are 'witches' still being burned alive in Ghana?
Cameron Duodu
Cameron Duodu: Elderly women are used as scapegoats for all ills in large parts of Ghanaian society – leading to their exile, and sometimes murder
November 2010
Ghanaian woman burned to death for being a 'witch'
Evangelical pastor among five people arrested for dousing 72-year-old Ama Hemmah in kerosene and setting her ablaze
March 2006
Guardian weekly outlook on international development
Small 'witches' of Kinshasa
Sects in the Democratic Republic of Congo are making a fortune from exorcism, causing "bewitched" children to be thrown on the street to starve. Richard Dowden reports
