Africa Eye investigates elderly attacks made in a Kenyan coastal region, supposedly over witchcraft but really over land.
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At least one elderly person loses their life every week in the name of witchcraft along Kenya’s stunning Kilifi coast.
Violent attacks on supposed witches occur across swathes of Africa and beyond, but the estimated 70 deaths reported here every year are about much more than fear of the supernatural.
Meeting victims, relatives and even perpetrators, #BBCAfricaEye investigates the real motives fuelling these brutal incidents and the impunity that often enables them, revealing that many elderly victims are targeted not by strangers, but the very people who should be protecting them – their own families.
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🎧 Listen to the podcast “Assignment: Cry Witch, Take My Land, Take My Life” on the BBC World Service here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0j8nfmn
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Credits:
HEAD OF LONGFORM AND INVESTIGATIONS – Liz Gibbons
AFRICA EYE EDITOR – Tom Watson
DIRECTOR AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – Nicola Milne
PRODUCER – Kassim Mohamed
REPORTER – Njeri Mwangi
CINEMATOGRAPHER – Simon Mwai
FILM EDITOR – Timothy Moss
FIXER – Gary Alphonce
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR – Abigail Knight
PRODUCTION MANAGER – Simon Frost
IMPACT TEAM – Tom Donkin, Tamasin Ford, Anusha Kumar, Paul Organe, Gabriele Shaw, Mark Shea, Emaan Warraich
REVERSIONING PRODUCER – Anna Payton
DUBBING MIXER – Jez Spencer
COLOURIST – Boyd Nagle
ONLINE EDITOR – Chris Stott
DRONE CAMERA – Yusuf Bamkuu
ADDITIONAL CAMERA – Godfrey Bardey
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH – Izzy Fleming
BURIAL CEREMONY MUSICIANS – Tambala Dakacha Group
TRANSLATION – Tina Robi
ARCHIVE – “Witches” Burnt in Kenya. NTD News, KTN News Kenya, AP Archive, Voice of America, VOA
WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO: Metakilili Cultural Resource and Rescue Centre, Magarini Cultural Centre
