Scenes from The Last Great Ape

The Achipawa of Nigeria: "Hostile Animists"

The Achipawa of Nigeria: "Hostile Animists"

In a hut in Nigera, Ofir Drori found a document written by a missionary that listed all the tribes in Nigeria by the percent of Muslims and Christians in each. Only one had neither: the Achipawa, who were called “hostile animists.” It took Ofir nearly a year to find them living on a volcano in the remote north of Nigeria, an adventure that led to his meeting their god.

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