Kamal K Yakubu in I consider African Society:
“As long as Africans radically retain Institutions their old masters have left behind African freedom will flounder and crash on rocks” - P.K.K Quaidoo (Africa my native Land)
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...we as Africans up to this point have been unable to fully grasp because we associate tradition with animism and barbarity, just like the first Europeans did without any true understanding of our traditions and culture and the evolutionary nature of social institutions.More here
Today in Africa, the words ‘witch’ and ‘wizard’ are used to describe any individual engaged in the practice of traditional religion. The use of amulets to the pouring of libation,to the sacrificing of animals can all accord you the title of a witch. Witch camps exist throughout Africa where persons believed to be witches or wizards are sequestered from the community. These people are ostracized, sometimes for their own good and security, mainly because of the negativity associated with tradition and activities that do not fit into the status quo of modernity. A typical example of such a camp is the gambaga escarpment in the northern part of Ghana.
Anything that has an element of the unknown or the spirit of tradition is generally frowned upon in today's Africa. In other words, natural, authentic and original African faith systems have been stigmatized and associated with darkness and backwardness. A typical example is the western perception of Voodoun. An even more serious problem, however, is how we Africans contribute to this prejudiced perception in ignorance.