Witchcraft Practices Among the Bolo People in the Eastern Niger Delta of Rivers State

Abstract

Witchcraft and its attendant practices are very rife in Africa, Nigeria, Rivers State and Bolo. The act is a spiritual exercise that entails both women and men, mostly women, to cause havoc in society. In Bolo the act is branded an anti social one and those involved are usually ostracized, since they are believed to cause sickness and even death of people. In the modern day to a large extent, Christianity has stemmed the tide of witchcraft accussations and confessions in the town. The advent of law enforcement agencies and social welfare ministries have had a lot of impact to change such beliefs in the traditional religion of Bolo.

LWATI: A Journal of Contemporary Research, 9(2), 182-189, 2012