African superstition seems to be really tied into the religion in the book Ancestor Stones.
Hawa's mother who brought upon a plague to her... Asana with her twin dying... and so much more.
Africans tied superstitions with witchcraft. Witchcraft was to blame for the alter of the course of human life whether it is good or ill. The witchcraft became the explanation, the perception and the definition of their problems.. or events.... and also that which happened in nature... The Africans believed the witches were the creators of poverty, diseases, accidents, failures, famine, natural disasters, infertility and difficulties in childbirth, when these things appeared in their life. Anything that could not be explained by a human, it was attributed to witchcraft. I.E. twins.
But the Africans didn't just believe in the negative witchcraft.. but also positive... just like in Asana's case... as her mom makes her go to the man who does spells and such to try to repel her brother's ghost. But in general, Africans attributed witch craft to negative images.
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