Nearly thirty years of civil war have left many, but not all, in Angola in a poverty crisis, and such poverty means many families simply cannot afford to raise their children. In Angola it is considered unacceptable to abandon a child because of such poverty, but if the children are possessed by the devil, well, that's a different matter.  Angola is one of a handful of countries where allegations of child witchcraft are on the rise along with Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Nigeria. Children accused of being witches have been crippled, tied up, burnt and left to die.

Confessions from the child just confirm the accusations, but with confessions, including one child recently claiming he had killed eight hundred people while flying with other witches on a piece of tree bark, merely appears to confirm that such accusations have little to do with genuine beliefs but a way of off loading children who are seen as little more than an economic burden. This short video documentary explores the issue of child witches in Angola.