A lot has been said and written about Africa and the continent’s inextricable bind to superstitions. Anthropologists have documented cases of unyielding magical manifestations...
Critical thinking is an intellectual habit that is urgently needed in Nigeria. Critical reasoning skills are required to navigate a world characterized by a...
Superstition rages in Nigeria. Magical beliefs are ubiquitous and continue to terrorize the population. Irrational beliefs manifest in different forms amongst the country’s educated...
Tension reigns at the Modibbo Adama University of Technology in Yola in Adamawa in Northern Nigeria after clashes between muslim and Christian students on...
While there is a critical need for sceptical rationality in Africa, it has not been such a potent force in the region. Sceptical viewpoints are seldom...
The Traditional Healers' Organisation, THO, in South Africa has described an upcoming summit on pseudoscience and quackery as a form of ‘medical apartheid’. The program is...
The mistaken idea that human beings can harm or kill others through magical/supernatural means underlies the belief in witchcraft. The idea persists and drives...
