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COLUMNIST: LEO IGWE

Witches Then and Now: Clarifying Confusions in Minds of Africans

Witches Then and Now: Clarifying Confusions in Minds of Africans

Jun 9, 2025 | Feature Article

Many Africans are confused and conflicted in their witchcraft ideas; they hold mistaken views and beliefs regarding the ...

Jun 7, 2025 | Feature Article

The Ex-cellence Project commends Dera Ezenwa who recently came out as an atheist. It is important that individuals exerc ...

May 30, 2025 | Feature Article

The Inter-Parliamentary Union will hold its second conference on interfaith dialogue in Rome in June. It is pertinent to ...

May 21, 2025 | Feature Article

The second interfaith conference of the Interparliamentary Union (IPU) will take place in Rome, Italy from June 19 to 21 ...

May 19, 2025 | Feature Article

This question has agitated my mind since I first watched a

May 10, 2025 | Feature Article

In January I attended the funeral of Prof Bene Madunagu(Nee Benedicta Afangide) in Calabar Cross River state. Madunagu, ...

May 8, 2025 | Feature Article

The Advocacy for Alleged Witches is outraged over the ritual killing and sacrifice of a six-year-old child, Muhammad Ibr ...

May 5, 2025 | Feature Article

The Advocacy for Alleged Witches draws the attention of Malawians to the visit of the Nigerian Pastor, Apostle Johnson S ...

May 2, 2025 | Feature Article

The Advocacy for Alleged Witches urges the Lagos state government and the Commissioner of Police in Lagos to ensure that ...

Apr 30, 2025 | Feature Article

Religious rituals are not often what they are believed to be. So, African governments must be vigilant and take measures ...

Apr 24, 2025 | Feature Article

As in other African societies, humanism is present in ancient and contemporary Nigeria. Humanism has manifested since th ...

Apr 23, 2025 | Feature Article

I will be making an online presentation on philosophy for children (p4c) in Africa at the SOPHIA Network Meeting in Malt ...

Apr 18, 2025 | Feature Article

In the past couple of months, I have done some back and forth with some legal practitioners over the issue of witchcraft ...

Leo Igwe
Leo Igwe

Leo Igwe holds a doctoral degree in religious studies and has a research interest in religion and transhumanism. More Leo Igwe is a Nigerian human rights advocate and humanist. Igwe is a former Western and Southern African representative of the International Humanist and Ethical Union, and has specialized in campaigning against and documenting the impacts of child witchcraft accusations.

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