Spirit children

A spirit child in Ghana is a disabled child who is believed to possess magical powers to cause misfortune.[1][2] Disability in Ghana is greatly stigmatised and the only way considered acceptable to deal with the problem is to kill them via advice by a witchdoctor.[3][4]

The practice was criminalized in Ghana in 2013,[5] yet is still widely practiced.[6]

See also

References

  1. Power, People and. "Spirit Child". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  2. "'Spirit' children of Ghana". 18 December 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2017 via The Guardian.
  3. "Issues in Sociology and Social Work: Aging, Medical, and Missionary Research and Application: 2011 Edition". ScholarlyEditions. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2017 via Google Books.
  4. "Spirit Child (broadcast edition) + Beyond Coma (podcast and Radio Australia edition)". Radio National. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  5. "Ghanaians ban 'spirit child' killing". 29 April 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2017 via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. Anas Aremeyaw Anas (2018-06-03). "Spirit Child: Ritual Killings in Ghana". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
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