Magu, where elderly women are labelled witches
In Mwanza Region’s Magu district, you cannot avoid being called a witch if you are a woman. When your husband dies, you are the one who killed him. And if his wife dies, then it is his mistress that killed her.
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Seven people suspected of being witches were brutally attacked and burned to death by a mob in Tanzania. Angry locals in the western village of Murufiti reportedly rounded up the group who they believed were practicing black magic on Oct. 6. They then ...
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