Suffereth not a witch to live
Subtitle: discourse on child-witch hunting in Nigeria
By: edited by Adeyemi Johnson Ademowo, Gary Foxcroft, Temidayo David Oladipo
Publisher: Ayomide Publications
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ibadan, Nigeria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9788895690321
Subjects: Witchcraft; Child abuse; Witch hunting; Crimes against; Children
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The emergence of and worries over child-witches / Lydia Isioma Chineyemba; title: 2. Contemporary "church business", child -witches and national economic misfortunes / Temidayo David Oladipo; title: 3. Poverty, witchcraft and witch-killing in Africa / Adeyemi Johnson Ademowo; title: 4. Defending the existence of and solidarizing with alleged child-witches: significations on the Nigerian witchcraft phenomenon / Olali Omumukuma; title: 5. The nexus between child witchcraft beliefs and child development / Diana-Abasi Udua; title: 6. Religiosity, belief in witches and the child-witches of Nigeria / Peter Adegoke; title: 7. When children become victims of poverty and ignorance / Adeyemi Johnson Ademowo; title: 8. Witchcraft beliefs, Wicca and religious freedom / Olaide Babalola; title: 9. On child witchcraft, Nollywood and Pentecostal Christianity in Nigeria / Yomi Ogunsanya; title: 10. Adopting a child rights based approach to witchcraft accusations in Nigeria: the way forward / Gary Foxcroft and Emile Secker; title: 11. Where are the churches? / Jessica Wilbanks; title: 12. Education for eradication of the belief in Ifot / Temidayo David Oladipo; title: 13. Abuse stories of alleged child-witches / (intervies conducted by Ayobami Ojedokum (YHN), Eseme Nnyangha Akpanumoh (CRARN), Kubiatifiok Ime Idinyang (CRARN), David Emmanuel Umem (CRARN/YHN)