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The 2006 UNICEF report on Children accused of Witchcraft claims that the sacrifice of witches and albinos is not really an “African tradition”, but rather a pre-1995 “new” or "invented" tradition. What happened in the early 90's to give rise to modern African witch hunts?

by /u/Gargatua13013 in /r/AskHistorians

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