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World Service,6 mins

Curses, spirits and witchdoctors: The Sleepless

Focus on Africa

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Nigerian novelist Nuzo Onoh speaks about her latest novel The Sleepless. Inspired by the meeting of African beliefs with European Christianity, as well as Nigeria's post-colonial history, the book features bush doctors, spirits and human sacrifice. Nuzo Onoh speaks to the Âé¶¹Éç's Kim Chakanetsa. (Photo: The Sleepless book cover and author Nuzo Onoh. Credit: Courtesy of the author.)

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