Growing up in Muteff village, Fundong Subdivision, Boyo Division, North West Region, Cameroon, in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, everyone – including unborn children – knew that the moment a stick or branch was placed in front of a household where a patient with a chronic or mysterious illness lay, it was a signal that the house was off-limits to visitors, ordinary family members, and even some people within the compound where the patient was being cared for. Not even the village soothsayer, healer, or traditional ruler could enter the household without authorization. Even when authorized, they had to be…
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