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Outwitching the Witchdoctors

By: Graham Simmons

Skulls on display at the Voodoo Market in Lomé, Togo (West Africa)

A tourism theme for the Republic of Togo, in West Africa,could be "Come to Togo and get street-wise, REAL quick!" If the witch-doctors of Lomé’s Fetish (voodoo) Market don’t get you, then the expert confidence tricksters (whose skills are passed down from generation to generation) probably will. But with a little careful preparation, it’s possible to survive with both your body and your wallet relatively intact.

 

 
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