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What I remember about “Grey’s” — I was that girl that people would say, “Can you play like a witch doctor on Monday?” or “Can you have this weird disease?”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

In Namibia, “for a witch doctor to make a ruling on whether or not you are a witch, you have to pay him a lot of money,” Holtzhausen says.

From Scientific American • May 31, 2023

Paul Pogba reportedly told investigators the blackmailers aimed to discredit him by claiming he asked a witch doctor to cast a spell on Mbappé.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2022

“It’s an African American witch doctor talking about fictional fantasy and monsters and ghouls,” Ms. Brown said.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2022

He ordered his men to prepare food and water for a journey and then he set off with his daughter in the direction indicated by the witch doctor.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith




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