spirit child – 3am Files

CASE FILE #45728

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Toyol: Malay Spirit-Child Servant Created From Aborted Fetuses — Documented Practice and Legal Cases in Colonial Straits Settlements Court Records (19th century)

colonial court records
2026
4 min read

Explore the unsettling truth behind Toyol, the Malay spirit-child servant created from aborted fetuses, as documented in 19th-century colonial Straits Settlemen

CASE FILE #45690

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Ogbanje: Igbo Equivalent of Abiku — Spirit Child Cycle Documented by Chinua Achebe in Things Fall Apart and Colonial Records

Achebe
2026
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Explore the intriguing concept of ogbanje—spirit children in Igbo culture—as documented in Things Fall Apart and colonial records. Understand their cultural sig

CASE FILE #45689

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Abiku: Yoruba Spirit Child Who Is Born Repeatedly Only to Die Young — Wole Soyinka’s Poem and J.S. Eades’ Ethnographic Documentation

infant mortality belief
2026
4 min read

Explore the mysterious world of *abiku*, spirit children born repeatedly in Yoruba folklore, in this article on Wole Soyinka’s poem and J.S. Eades’ documentatio