Tolerance and Tension

Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa

POLL · April 15, 2010

Protective Power of Juju
Do you believe that juju, shrines, or other sacred objects can protect you from harm?

Select a response option and use the arrows to sort the data alphabetically, by total population, among Christians or among Muslims.

% responding YesNoNo opinion
CountryTotal PopulationAmong ChristiansAmong Muslims
Botswanabar 20bar 19bar NA
Cameroonbar 29bar 29bar 20
Chadbar 33bar 19bar 37
Djiboutibar 22bar NAbar 22
DR Congobar 26bar 22bar 39
Ethiopiabar 13bar 12bar 13
Ghanabar 24bar 21bar 23
Guinea Bissaubar 39bar 43bar 32
Kenyabar 10bar 10bar 7
Liberiabar 24bar 11bar 25
Malibar 52bar NAbar 55
Mozambiquebar 26bar 26bar 24
Nigeriabar 11bar 8bar 13
Rwandabar 5bar 5bar NA
Senegalbar 75bar NAbar 76
South Africabar 20bar 19bar NA
Tanzaniabar 49bar 44bar 55
Ugandabar 26bar 27bar 20
Zambiabar 11bar 11bar NA

Complete Question Wording

Q51k. Which, if any, of the following do you believe in? That juju, shrines, or other sacred objects can protect you from bad things happening.
Read the survey methodology and the topline questionnaire

Notes

In countries where there were too few interviews with either Muslims or Christians, that subpopulation was not analyzed. Figures may not add to 100 due to rounding.

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