Invincible

(March 2001, Ghana)

Tribal clashes are common in Northern Ghana, and people often resort to witchcraft in the hope of becoming invulnerable to weapons.

Aleobiga, 23, and fifteen fellow believers purchased a potion that would render them invincible to bullets. After smearing the magical lotion over his body for two weeks, Aleobiga volunteered to test the spell. He stood in a clearing while his friends raised their weapons, aimed, fired...

The jujuman who had supplied the defective magic was seized and beaten for his failure, and Aleobiga is now roaming the great Savannah in the sky

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