Popobawa, also Popo Bawa, is the name of an evil spirit or shetani,[1] which is believed by residents of Zanzibar to have first appeared on the Tanzanian island of Pemba. In 1995, it was the focus of a major outbreak of mass hysteria or panic which spread from Pemba to Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, and across to Dar es Salaam and other urban centres on the East African coast.
^Pitcher, Gemma, "The Shetani Of Zanzibar", Zanzibar: The Bradt Travel Guide (6) ed.)
Popobawa, also Popo Bawa, is the name of an evil spirit or shetani, which is believed by residents of Zanzibar to have first appeared on the Tanzanian...
identified as a trickster. In Tanzania, a winged batlike creature known as Popobawa is believed to be a shapeshifting evil spirit that assaults and sodomises...
identified as a trickster. In Tanzania, a winged batlike creature known as Popobawa is believed to be a shapeshifting evil spirit that assaults and sodomises...
Tidwell November 7, 2008 (2008-11-07) After the Saturdays track down the Popobawa in Pemba, Tanzania, they receive a distress call from a Secret Scientist...
and later he goes to the African island of Zanzibar in search of the Popobawa, a bat-like creature that is said to attack people at night. 11 5 "Flying...
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