Sexual vampires? Tale of jinxed devastatingly beautiful Kikuyu women whose husbands die mysteriously

Locals refer to them as gitune — Kikuyu word for a red spot, or atumia a chiero ndune, which loosely translates to women with red thigh

Almost everywhere in Africa, there exist urban legends about femme-fatales; devastatingly beautiful women who ultimately bring disaster to men who get involved with them romantically.

In Nigeria, for instance, Author Elechi Amadi wrote about it in his novel The Concubine. In the book, Ihuoma is described as a stunning beauty worth dying for (pardon the pun). Men pant for her and fell over themselves, desperately trying to marry her. Unfortunately, all who got involved with her died under unclear circumstances.