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Are trokosi called by other names?

April 26, 2017called names trokosi

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Are trokosi called by other names?

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Many! The most common are fiashidi, fetish slaves, or shrine slaves. Ghanaian law refers to the practice as “ritual or customary servitude.” The Anti-Slavery Society refers to trokosi as “hierodulic” slaves because they combine the roles of an agricultural slave, domestic, temple and sex slaves.