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Profile: Fetish Market in Togo
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ALEX CHADWICK
NPR Special
06-01-2005
Profile: Fetish Market in Togo
Host: ALEX CHADWICK
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM
ALEX CHADWICK, host:
In parts of West Africa, traditional remedies used in religions like voodoo or juju are as popular as Western medicines. In Togo, in the capital city Lome, the local Fetish Market is a source of potions for just about any ailment or simply for good luck. NPR's Ofeibia Quist-Arcton goes shopping.
(Soundbite of clanking noise; people speaking in foreign language)
OFEIBIA QUIST-ARCTON reporting:
Children fling foam used in purification rites. On the outskirts of Lome, ...
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