Ties that bind: African witchcraft and contemporary slavery
- Document number
- 2937
- Date
- 2012
- Title
- Ties that bind: African witchcraft and contemporary slavery
- Author/publisher
- Elizabeth Willmott Harrop
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- human trafficking, human rights, witchcraft, Africa, children, juju
- Summary
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In Africa, witchcraft has become inextricably linked to the trafficking in persons for exploitation. However this is not an African problem, but a problem of abuse which extends across the globe. The common factor linking witchcraft and human trafficking is the modern perversion of traditional belief systems for financial gain, at the expense of the grossest violations of human rights.
Elizabeth Willmott Harrop is a UK-based communications professional, writer, researcher and trainer specialising in international human rights advocacy and the rights of women and children.
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