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
- Prayer camps, Ghana
References
- Power, People and. "Spirit Child". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- "'Spirit' children of Ghana". 18 December 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2017 – via The Guardian.
- "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.
- "Spirit Child (broadcast edition) + Beyond Coma (podcast and Radio Australia edition)". Radio National. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- "Ghanaians ban 'spirit child' killing". 29 April 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- Anas Aremeyaw Anas (2018-06-03). "Spirit Child: Ritual Killings in Ghana". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
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