Listen "Selling body parts for 'rituals' in Sierra Leone"
Episode Synopsis
A BBC Africa Eye documentary has exposed the practice of selling body parts for magic rituals in Sierra Leone. We speak to the reporter who went back to the town where an 11-year-old boy was murdered as part of a suspected black magic killing four years ago.
Why were two Zimbabwean university students, campaigning during elections for their Students Representative Council, abducted in broad daylight and beaten?
And we hear from African social media influencers aiming to lead the conversations for a borderless and visa free Africa.
Presenter: Nyasha Michelle
Producers: Yvette Twagiramariya, Stefania Okereke and Sunita Nahar
Technical Producer: Francesca Dunn
Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne
Editors: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard
Why were two Zimbabwean university students, campaigning during elections for their Students Representative Council, abducted in broad daylight and beaten?
And we hear from African social media influencers aiming to lead the conversations for a borderless and visa free Africa.
Presenter: Nyasha Michelle
Producers: Yvette Twagiramariya, Stefania Okereke and Sunita Nahar
Technical Producer: Francesca Dunn
Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne
Editors: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard
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