tamara_p

Tamara Palamakumbura

33 / Female

Ndop, North West Province, Cameroon

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NIKIA: dancing with fire and snakes

Posted by tamara_p | 21st January 2009

“They are going to trouble you” Bas told me.
“No they are not” I insisted. “They don’t trouble women. They will trouble YOU, because you are with me.”
“Ah, but you are a white man. It is different. They will trouble you.”
“No they won’t. Last year they troubled the people I was with. They didn’t trouble me.”
Jakob chuckled. “That is why you wanted us to come with you. To protect you.”
It hadn’t occurred to me, but since they mentioned it I was pleased that Bas and Jakob were accompanying me. I calculated that not even the juju’s could intimidate Bas and Jakob.

We were on our way to Bamessing, for the annual Nikia dance. The dance with snakes and fire.

But despite the reassuring presence of my body guards, as we approached Bamessing and saw the army of Juju’s surrounding people and harassing them, I began to get uneasy. And so once we were set down in the small square, I quickly dragged Bas and Jakob into a palm

Continued | Witchcraft & Jujus in Cameroon