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Tanzania

One entry in one subarea: 1 at grade B. The points fall where the entry was collected, not where the story is set. Hover a point to see the subarea, click it to open the entry.

Zanzibar archipelago: the island of Pemba, where the panics seem to originate, and the island of Unguja; in 1995 the panic spread to the mainland coast
BPopobawaTanzania — Zanzibar archipelago: the island of Pemba, where the panics seem to originate, and the island of Unguja; in 1995 the panic spread to the mainland coast

The entries, in brief

The folklore of Tanzania documented in this atlas: Popobawa. Every entry is placed on the map at the point where it was collected or attested — not where the story is set — and carries its declared grade of documentation (1 at grade B), with the sources it comes from.

Popobawa B
Popobawa attacks at night, sometimes accompanied by a sulphurous smell. The attacks include physical assault and poltergeist phenomena, but the most feared and most constant element is the sodomising of men and women. And there…

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