Word: witchcraft
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Before the seven-year Mau Mau scourge was eliminated in 1959, the British colonial government decided that it must counter witchcraft with witchcraft, and devised elaborate de-oathing rites, but they were not always successful. Once, when authorities persuaded tribesmen to abjure their bonds to the Mau Mau by sacrificing a goat, a Mau Mau agent slaughtered two dogs, nullifying the "goat oath" with the more potent magic of the "dog oath...
...soul. He is thus able to forstall his doom, so that he and the squire can wander through the ravaged countryside and closer to home as the game progresses. Along the way they encounter Medieval life in all its variety--from a young girl destined for the stake for witchcraft, to a family of simple traveling actors, significantly named, Mary, Joseph, and their child, Michael (Hebrew for "like unto God"). They move among people who, except for the actors, are obsessed with the dread of death and try to escape their fears through cruelty, crime, self-torture, and superstition...
...NIGERIA (Br.) Pop.: 42,000,000. Size: 356,669 sq. mi. Literacy: 24%. School attendance: * 55%. College graduates: ** over 5,000. Christians: 20%. Five universities, plus widespread adult literacy classes. Together with Ghana has more college graduates than all other black African states combined. Witchcraft, female circumcision still common in rural areas...
...TOGO (F.) Pop.: 1,440,000. Size: 19,000 sq. mi. Literacy: 15%. School attendance: 42%. College graduates: More than 100. Christians: 25%. Witchcraft, savage ritual still prevalent...
...TANGANYIKA (Br.) Pop.: 9,404,000. Size: 362,688 sq. mi. Literacy: 15%. School attendance: 40%. College graduates: 50 plus. Christians: 50%. First university now open. Critical school shortage; over 1,000 new teachers yearly. Witchcraft, female circumcision common...