When cancer becomes a signature for death

KUZOZVIRAVA Chatambudza says he was forced to sell three of his four oxen and 16 goats in order to raise money to pay traditional and prophetic healers, who claimed they were able to cure the cancer that had afflicted his younger brother, Kwaira’s right leg.

Kwaira’s leg has turned black and is now about twice its normal size. Near the ankle is a big ulcer, with a hole in the middle that oozes smelly pus.

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