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That was a man?

From a previous report on this story I suspect that the fact that the boy has hypospadias, a slight malformation where the urethra emerges somewhere other than at the tip of the penis may have caused an ignorant/superstitious community to see him as cursed. I'm not defending this, nowhere near it, but you asked what could possibly cause the parents to see a kid as evil, and this is a close to an explanation as I've been able to find.

You never know the roots of such behaviors as "my child is evil". And it's probably more common than we think, if you take a 15 yo boy kicked out of his house by his religious family because he is gay, it's practically the same thing... Or people being outcasted for a handicap, or parents rejecting their child because he doesn't want to study what they want, things like that. It's a big giant mess where people start to use their beliefs as a weapon against those who don't fit their views, even if they are their children :/

Last year when I first saw this story I asked my Nigerian friend and he was also convinced that some children are withches... I was like wtf?!? He said he's seen a child levitate its mother.. 😑 Riiiight. The belief in black magic is almost as strong as the support for a certain orange man in the West.

Unfortunately, another reason is because some of the religious leaders prey on people’s superstitions & will accuse children of being “possessed” by evil spirits/demons just so they can charge the parents/family money for an “exorcism”. A lot of them are either too poor to afford one or to continue paying for “services” to remove the supposed “evil spirit(s)”, so they just abandon the child. It’s so incredibly sad & heartbreaking. 😔

Amanda P It won't let me reply to your comment on what Lemur said, but I completely agree, you said it very eloquently.

I completely agree with you Amanda Panda. I am so relieved that he is saved and I'm glad he has a fresh start <3

every human being is from GOD. he gave us life, that child is from GOD. thats why no one should accuse him of evil. to anja, continue to look after HOPE. you have a good heart.

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yea I thought the same. African people believe in weird things.