Center for Inquiry: Witch Burnings in Nigeria Show Dangers of Superstition, Say Secular Advocates
July 14, 2020
July 14, 2020
AMHERST, New York, July 14 -- The Center for Inquiry issued the following news release:
The burning of accused witches is often seen as a relic of the distant past, but this horrific violence still occurs in modern Africa. On May 19, 2020, at least fifteen people, most of them women, were set ablaze after being accused of witchcraft in Cross River State in southern Nigeria in an attack masterminded by local politician Thomas Obi Tawo. Tawo, who goes by the name "General Iron,&q . . .
The burning of accused witches is often seen as a relic of the distant past, but this horrific violence still occurs in modern Africa. On May 19, 2020, at least fifteen people, most of them women, were set ablaze after being accused of witchcraft in Cross River State in southern Nigeria in an attack masterminded by local politician Thomas Obi Tawo. Tawo, who goes by the name "General Iron,&q . . .