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Witchcraft beliefs and practises: Perceptions of Tobacco growers in Lupa and Ngwala villages, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.author Iwata, John J.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-07-26T11:59:53Z
dc.date.available 2023-07-26T11:59:53Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.citation Iwata, J. J. (2021). Witchcraft beliefs and practises: Perceptions of Tobacco growers in Lupa and Ngwala villages, Tanzania, East African Journal of Social and Applied Sciences, 3(1), 127-139 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2714-2051
dc.identifier.issn 0856-9681
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.mocu.ac.tz/xmlui/handle/123456789/415
dc.description A full text from Library, information and knowledge economy availabe: http//www.mocu.ac.tz en_US
dc.description.abstract This article presents the findings of the study on tobacco growers’ perceptions on witchcrafts beliefs and practises in the growing of tobacco. The study was conducted in two villages namely; Lupa and Ngwala from Chunya and Songwe districts respectively. Leaders from Lupa AMCOS and Ngwala AMCOS made the key respondents with a back-up of ordinary growers. It was necessary to study ‘witchcraft beliefs and practises’ in the study area not only for adding to the knowledge base on the topic but also for looking on the solution to the reportedly conflicts due to accusation of witchcraft beliefs and practises among tobacco growers. The study employed qualitative methods of data collection, in which interview and focused group discussion were used. The collected data were analysed qualitatively through thematic analysis. The findings revealed that in the surveyed communities witchcraft beliefs and practises existed and its impacts were stated in duality as negative and positive impacts. The negative impacts involved inharmonious relationship among tobacco growers as well as fear of prospective tobacco growers to join such business for the fear of being bewitched. The positive impacts included the increase of tobacco productivity. Various reasons for the persistence of witchcraft beliefs and practises were mentioned, where geographical location and unstructured information and communication infrastructure, lack of schooling for a formal education and poverty were among the perceived factors for the persistence of such beliefs and practises in the study area. Therefore, the conclusion has been that witchcraft beliefs and practises persisted in the study area and its impacts were perceived in duality as having both positive and negative impacts. The recommendations has therefore been provided that stakeholders in tobacco growing are urged to provide proper education for transforming these societies and increase tobacco growing otherwise the production will be falling on the yearly basis. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher East African Journal of Social and Applied Sciences en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries volume 3;1
dc.subject Witchcraft beliefs en_US
dc.subject Witchcraft practises en_US
dc.subject Tobacco growers en_US
dc.subject Tobacco growing and Tanzania en_US
dc.title Witchcraft beliefs and practises: Perceptions of Tobacco growers in Lupa and Ngwala villages, Tanzania en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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