The Myth of African Witchcraft

The decision to write the book started almost ten years ago when running my medical private practice. The level of lack of medical knowledge was alarming. Many people believed flue or influenza, as it is called, is caused by the cold wind or ingestion of cold foodstuffs or iced (cold) drinks. This summed it all. Many of my clients attributed their ailments to beliefs in witchcraft. The medical information i tried imparting to them entered one ear and exited the other. They saw nothing wrong combining their traditional medicines of herbs and ashes, and modern medicine. To them, death and diseases are caused by witchcraft. This motivated me to dig deeper and uncover the truth about the belief.