Archaeologists And Modern Day Witch Doctors
Monday, July 22, 2013
For example, if your cattle strayed into the farm of a witch doctor you would hasten to pay generous compensation before he made you 'see a miracle'. If, however, his cattle strayed onto your farm you would be expected to suffer in silence as witch doctors were thought to possess powers, including control of where lighting would strike next.
During last week's international conference of archaeologists here in Gaborone I discovered that scribes can be modern day witch doctors, at least if the altercation between Sandy Grant and some university archaeologists is anything to go by. At the centre of the row was the fact that Sandy Grant was attending an archaeology conference without paying the registration fee.
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