I remember my mother telling me about one strange man that always appear by the stream once in ten years to transform the village with his magical powers. To me, that was just some cooked-up stories, or tales by moonlight. But one day I was opportuned to come in contact with a magician, a Voodoo man actually.
In our community we have a stream and different people from other communities will come to fetch water from that our stream. So one day I went to the stream with my friends to go fetch water. On getting closer to the stream, I saw a man with full white beards standing by the bush. He had a staff in his right hand and a Calabash in his left hand.
We paused and stare for a while without knowing what next to do. Luckily for us, there was an older man that was coming behind us, so we waited. On approaching the scene, the man looked excited and surprised at the same time. He looked so eager as if there was some good news that he needed to spill. He called one of my friends to run back and tell people that it's our great year of transformation, and that the great Ibudu the transformer has appeared.
While my friend ran to spread the news, I quickly remembered what my mother told me. It was happening. In no time, people gathered up and the great Ibudu as he was called started performing some wonders.
He opened the Calabash and brought out a small chalk. He then told people to come to the center and open their palms. One after the other, people moved to the center with their palms open. He would draw the chalk on their palms and told them to mention what they want.
The first man mentioned money and then he moved to the Calabash. There was a bundle of money in the Calabash and he collected it. The man wasn't even scared of the consequences or what he could pay in return.
The second person was a lady, she said she needed a husband, and she moved to the Calabash. In there was a picture of the man that would marry her. The juju man said her husband would come to her within a week.
They were told not to ask for things that are impossible such as houses, cars, lands, etc. Rather, people in need of such thing should ask for money. I saw some young guys asking for money, cellphones and several other things and it was given to them.
From that same Calabash, the man commanded for water from nowhere, and asked the people to wash their hands and their faces, that good things will always locate them. It was really a type of transformation full stop trust me this was my first time of seeing a Voodoo man in action.
I was happy that my parents were not there because I was very sure that nothing goes for nothing. Somehow, the people who benefited from the magical powers of that man would have a way of paying back. I could not go to the stream anymore to fetch water because of what was happening. I had to go back home.
When I asked my mother why she was not there, she told me she cannot have anything to do with such strange powers. I was still surprised and scared at the same time, and somehow, I was praying that the resultant effects of such transformation would not be experienced by innocent people who have never benefited from such Voodoo powers. Since then, I haven't witnessed any other magic. Not even one till today.
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