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Shocking Photos Of Abandoned Nigerian Toddler Accused Of Being A Witch by ResolvingPath(f): 6:22am On Feb 18, 2016
After an aid worker who helped a Nigerian boy accused of witchcraft posted a photo of the act on Facebook, the news goes viral.

The post now has thousands of likes, and within two days had garnered 1 million Danish Krone (or approximately $150,000) in donations to her organization.


Thousands of children are being accused of being witches and we’ve both seen torture of children, dead children and frightened children

A British documentary about child witch hysteria said exact figures were hard to come by, but estimated that in the southwestern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom — where the toddler was recently rescued — there were about 15,000 children who had been labeled witches and abandoned on the streets.

These phenomena[beliefs in witchcraft] or the ability to harm others using supernatural powers, for example by causing illness or misfortune, is associated with African tradition.Sometimes great number of orphaned children, less privileged; and even children with “Autism neurodevelopmental disorder” are vulnerable to witchcraft accusations, but in modern day context..... see more >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://nadinepost..com.ng/2016/02/shocking-photos-of-abandoned-nigerian.html

Re: Shocking Photos Of Abandoned Nigerian Toddler Accused Of Being A Witch by trendphemmy(m): 6:27am On Feb 18, 2016
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