Abstract
24. “The Person I Hate Most in Life is My Mother”
Highlights
The fear of witchcraft is very prevalent in Ghana and in Africa generally.1 Traditionally, the traditional priests deal with the situation
When Akua was growing up she realized that her mother’s husband was not her father. Both her stepfather and biological mother treated her very badly at home. She was asked to stay with a different family member in a different home
In the form of a trance, she saw someone who revealed herself as the river goddess and gave her food to eat. When she came back to herself, she found peace and thought that at least somebody loved her. When she came back home, she was accused of witchcraft and she was sent to a pastor of an African Initiated Church to exorcize her
Summary
The fear of witchcraft is very prevalent in Ghana and in Africa generally.1 Traditionally, the traditional priests (otherwise known as witch doctors or diviners) deal with the situation. Akua’s torture in life and subsequent accusation of witchcraft as a child of about ten years did not come directly from any of these but from the mother who vented all her frustrations on Akua and accused her of being responsible for all her failures in life. When she came back home, she was accused of witchcraft and she was sent to a pastor of an African Initiated Church to exorcize her .
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