The question was not whether it is true or false. That, in a way, sounded already settled. The question was when are they arriving in other parts of Malawi. “So, the bloodsuckers have not yet reached where you come from?” My friend was asked by a well meaning gentleman. We were at the outskirts of Blantyre. A rural area within the city of Blantyre. To contextualize this for those not in the know. A good section of Malawians are believing that,using dark magic, some evil people are sucking blood out of them. In thesilence of the night. While they are asleep. When the rumour started, those of us given to humour dismissed it as a joke. Made a few unruly comments on it. Then, three people were killed in Mulanje. The mob thatkilled them suspected them of being bloodsuckers. As we were attempting to come to terms with it, a chief’s house was ransacked by his subjects. The crime? He was accused of conniving with the bloodsuckers. That made the situation bad, the rumou
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