What would the ghosts of Kano say?

Scientists and atheists may not agree, but most people believe that after death there is a soul that lives on. Many are convinced, or at least hope that the dead continue to, in one way or another, show some interest in the lives and vicissitudes of those that are left behind in the world.

These beliefs and hopes are manifested in the tales and testimonies that abound in our communities and literature around the world. We hear and read of bereaved lovers that see their loved ones and get comfort in dreams, orphans that get guidance and support from their lost parents in trances, debtors that get reminders to pay from dead creditors and murderers that are haunted by their victims.

Surely, the land of the dead has seen a lot of Nigerians arrive in the last few days and many of them departed same day from Kano. If the tales and beliefs about ghosts are anything to go by and if it is true that as we do on earth so they do in heaven, then it might just be appropriate to conclude that up or down there somewhere, there will be a new constituency made up of the ghosts of Kano and similar ghosts....

Continue Reading Here

Ghost Are Phoning Friends

Catherine Crowe and the Hauntings: Ghosts, Apparitions, and Poltergeists, oh my!

Exploring poltergeists and unwelcome supernatural guests with the legendary Brad Steiger