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Beyond the Seizures: How Epilepsy Affects Nigerian Women

Fatima Malumfashi’s life took a dramatic turn when, at just eight years old, she underwent her first exorcism in Sokoto State, northwestern Nigeria. Before then, she had experienced unsettling symptoms—hallucinations, episodes of lost awareness, intense emotional outbursts, and a strange twitching sensation in her brain. Alarmed by these inexplicable signs, her family sought help from …