Deadly cults: Unresolved riddle of country full of believers but teeming with evil

Kenya Red Cross teams support a victim of the Shakahola deadly fast after she was rescued from the Shakahola Forest in Kilifi County. [Marion Kith, Standard]

When Prof John S. Mbiti asserts in his acclaimed book, African Religions and Philosophy that Africans are notoriously religious, I have often conjured a drum-beating fanatic prancing around in shukas and other traditional regalia. But come to think of it! He could have been describing me, alongside 85.5 per cent of those reading this article, as well.