Twins

__//**IGBO TWIN ABOMINAT**//____//**ION**//__ By: Ben Schwartz

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Twins thought to be produced by animals and single births were normal.

Abandoned outside a town and left to die

When the British came, it was a huge difference between Christian and Igbo beliefs (Christians thought twin killing was bad) (**It was a cultural tradition for the Igbo**)

This certain area has the highest twin birth rate, killing not rare

Immovable part of their culture, if they stopped it, the “heavens” would fall

Christian religion said children were a sign of God’s grace and should be cherished no matter what

Missionaries constantly tried to put an end to twin killing

Eventually, the Igbo people discontinued twin killing

The cites I used....

[|"The Demon Superstition]

[|Igbo Culture]

[|Killing Twins vs. Not Killing Twins]

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