“When a child is accused of being a witch — that child is hated absolutely by everybody surrounding him so such children are sent out of the home… But unfortunately such children do not always live long. A lot of them, they’re either killed, abandoned by the parents, tortured in the church or trafficked out of the city.” – Sam, Child’s Rights & Rehabilitation Network
- Sam runsChild’s Rights & Rehabilitation Network, or CRARN — an orphanage that supports nearly 200 children. All of them were accused of witchcraft and cast out by their families, often after being tortured. The orphanage provides security, healthcare, nutrition and counseling.
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Rena77
Why is there an exodus to the US, and once the Nigerians get here and grounded they turn against the American Blacks. They call us lazy. They do not know the true black history. They make themselves appear more worthy than the American blacks. Also in front of a White American they thiey are prone to make them think that we are natural born liars.Citizenship with African born ,be it Nigeria, Ghana ,Liberia, etc., why are these people in the last 28yrs. given up their homeland so freely.
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A great deal of Nigerian believe that once a girl starts her menstruation that she is considered a women . One girl talk about returning home from school and found herself later married to a man she have never met.Some of the thinking is from the early 1800's. Why is such a rich continent,produce such poor countries?
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