I was thought by My Dad that Angels are
Celestial being with immaculate image.
I remember growing up, the
perception my childish mind had of an Angel was that of a winged being always
dressed in sparkling white attire with glowing stainless skin. Little did I
know that Angels sometimes wear tattoo.
The first perception you get when
you come across her is that of a junkie: looking at the amount of tattoo she
wears and her short ragged-jeans hot-pant barely covering her pelvic region.
Anja Ringgren Loven, a Danish woman living in Nigeria, Africa who brought light into the
life an innocent child accused of witchcraft or wizardry.
It’s outrageously preposterous to
know such barbaric culture of accusing children of demonic possession still
flourishes in Nigeria especially in the Eastern region where the accused are
thrown out of their homes into the street to die as street urchins or in some
cases summarily killed for no just course but the senseless beliefs of their
ignoramus deluded parents and communities.
Little Hope (as He’s now called)
was left at the mercy of crumbs from people left over food; with his weakened
malnourished body been ravaged by the ash weather with all the macro and
microorganism feeding on his frail being because his little minded parent
believe He was possessed with a demonic spirit.
Most of us will probably be
disgusted looking at him let alone touch Him. But the tattooed angel fed him`
and cradled him in her arm like her own child.
It’s unfortunate that even in the
21st century such barbaric culture is still been practiced in
Nigeria, sometimes with the support of religious body.
I remember once as a child: My
little sister and I were accused of been ‘Ogbanje’. My innocent gullible parent
were advised by a church elder to bring us for prayers: during the course of
the prayers, my sister and I were forced to speak in tongues; failure to speak
translates to a judgement of refusing deliverance.
The possessed church elder
instructed some scarification mark be placed on our cheeks and chest as a
symbol of deliverance from the water spirit: the scar which we carry till this
day.
It’s a big shame on us as a
nation to still have such practice in this present time. WITCHES AND WIZARDS
are all fables originating from little uneducated minds lacking explanation for
common scientific phenomenon.
Witches do not exist. They are only fictional explanation for happenings exceeding our rational mind.
We all must stand against such
barbaric culture. Religious leaders and the Government must join hands in
condemning this backward archaic practice. So many Anja Ringgren Loven should immediately
rise up and among us and ensure this inhumane practice come to an end once and
for all.
