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	Podcast:		The Documentary
	Episode:		Heart and Soul: The dead are not dead
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:26:30
	Publish Date:		2024-10-18 00:30:00
	Description:		In certain cultures in Uganda and across Africa, a belief exists where departed husbands return as ethereal entities to engage in intimate encounters with their living partners. To ward off this phenomenon, women are required to perform Enkumbi. Ugandan presenter Daniel Leinhardt sets out to investigate this belief and its impact, including the role it may play in subjugating women. He from couples who see the Enkumbi rituals as something they still must perform, and women who think it's old fashioned nonsense but who still harbour the doubt of 'what if it's not?'
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