NCHI 15 ZINAZOONGOZA KWA UCHAWI DUNIANI HIZI HAPA

Hii ni orodha ya dunia, jameni bara la Afrika ndio lenye nchi nyingi kwenye orodha, na ndio maana umaskini hautaisha hata kama raslimali zimejaa kote lakini imani za kishirikina zinarudisha hili bara nyuma kila siku.
Afrika tunatajwa kwa kila kitu, umaskini, ushirikina na vituko vyote.

15. Saudi Arabia
14. Tanzania
13. Gambia
12. Nepal
11. India
10. Papua New Guinea
9. West Indies
8. Colombia
7. Ghana
6. The Democratic Republic of Congo
5. Indonesia
4. South Africa
3. Chile
2. Mexico
1. Romania

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For people in the western world, witchcraft and sorcery are relegated to magical fairy tales, fictional forms of entertainment in movies like Harry Potter and The Lord of The Rings installments, and TV shows like Sabrina The Teenage Witch and Charmed.

But while for us they are an entertaining fiction, in many parts of the world, witchcraft is very much a current practice, with powerful effects on the communities in which it still flourishes. Whether or not the witches have the powers they are believed to, the power of witchcraft is still evident in the deeply held beliefs and dramatic practices with which it is associated throughout the world. It wasn’t so long ago that Western countries also believed in witchcraft.

We all know about the Salem witch trials in 1690’s Salem, Massachusetts. The period was marked with dozens of trials of women thought to have been practicing witchcraft, followed by numerous executions. Notoriously, the science and legal foundations of the trials were as shaky as the ducking stools prosecutors used to test for witches. This history is enough to make you indignant about the paranoia and religious extremism that caused so many innocent women to lose their lives.

What a relief that these customs are no longer tolerated! But elsewhere in the world, witch trials, witch camps, sorcery and other weird and wonderful occult rituals are still central to many cultures. From Africa’s witch doctors to voodoo in the West Indies and Romania’s witch tax on the sorcerers who are cashing in, let’s explore the weird world of witchcraft.