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Child witchcraft confessions as an idiom of distress in Sierra Leone; results of a rapid qualitative inquiry and recommendations for mental health interventions [PDF]
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2021 Background Reports about child witchcraft are not uncommon in sub-Saharan Africa. In this study we approach child witchcraft as an idiom of distress.
Hélène N. C. Yoder +5 more
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Interpretation of Mark 9:14-26 and child witchcraft discourses in transnational Yoruba Pentecostalism: a theological reflection [PDF]
Practical Theology, 2022 Contemporary child witchcraft accusation is a socio-religious phenomenon regarded as collective faith-based child cruelty, which has reached epidemic proportions in many countries, including Nigeria.
Claire Princess Ayelotan
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Coronavirus and the Rise of Child Witchcraft Accusations
European Journal of Theology and Philosophy, 2023 This paper examines the impact of witchcraft accusations with a focus on Africa and children. After presenting an overview of anthropological understandings of witchcraft in Africa, it focuses on increasing allegations of witchcraft among children.
Simon Dein
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OKH Journal, Vol. 4(1): Child Witchcraft Accusations and the Church
OKH Journal: Anthropological Ethnography and Analysis Through the Eyes of Christian Faith, 2020 This is the PDF file for the full issue of volume 4(1).
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23. To End Child Witchcraft Accusations, A Task for the Whole Church
OKH Journal: Anthropological Ethnography and Analysis Through the Eyes of Christian Faith, 2020 Maimouna Jessica Obot
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9. Social Instability, Churches, and Child Witchcraft
OKH Journal: Anthropological Ethnography and Analysis Through the Eyes of Christian Faith, 2020 Michael Jindra
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PLoS ONE, 2021 In countries of sub-Saharan Africa, many children are admitted to hospital with severe forms of anaemia. The late hospital admissions of anaemic children contribute significantly to child morbidity and mortality in these countries. This qualitative study
Sarah Svege +2 more
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Anuac, 2019 In this paper I consider the phenomenon of the “child-witches” in Lubumbashi (Katanga, DRC) as the result of the intertwine of two dynamics: the accusation of children within the sphere of the family and the large number of street children in Congolese ...
Edoardo Quaretta
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Social-Cultural Factors Affecting Child Marriage in Sumenep
Jurnal Promkes: The Indonesian Journal of Health Promotion and Health Education, 2020 Background: Child marriage is still common in Indonesia both in urban and rural areas. One of possible causes is socio-cultural background. In Madura, the community still stick to culture and customs.
Ainur Mila Rofika, Iswari Hariastuti
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Breaking the cycle: investigating the Social drivers of child witchcraft accusations and ritual abuse in contemporary Ghana [PDF]
Social ThoughtAlhassan Abdullah +6 more
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