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A close shave with the roaming spirits

By George Olwalo

In the wider Nyanza Province, come July, malevolent spirits known to the locals as nyawawa travel the breadth and length of the region soon after nightfall to wreak havoc. It’s feared that if one encounters them misfortune is sure to follow; hence people are advised to stay indoors. The only way to drive them away, the locals believe, is to make noise by hitting objects.

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