Witch Smeller
Witch smellers, almost always women, were important and powerful people amongst the Zulu and other Bantu speaking peoples of Southern Africa, responsible for rooting out evil witches in the area, and sometimes responsible for considerable bloodshed themselves. In present day South Africa their role has waned and their activities are illegal.
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“The witch turned as red
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—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)