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What did the Bangwa people of Cameroon traditionally believe about witches?

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Oil painting The Witches' Sabbath by Francisco de Goya shows a group of figures in dark robes gathered around a crouching person, with eerie creatures flying in a moonlit sky. — Witchcraft El conjuro or Las brujas (“The Conjuring” or “The Witches”), oil on canvas by Francisco Goya, 1797–98; in the Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid.

The Bangwa people of Cameroon have traditionally held the belief that witches are born with an extra organ. This physical attribute is thought to compel the individual to drain the blood of other people.1