The Toxic, Twisted Tale of the Tokoloshe

This dish contains disturbing content and listener discretion is strongly advised prior to consumption. The tokoloshe is a teeny, tiny, terrible tormentor of peoples across South Africa. The little being, who has been treated as a joke by much of the Western world, is thought to be a very real threat to the region. Tied to everything from theft and fires to assault and death, this creature seems to exist only to cause trouble. But the truth behind the tokoloshe and what it means for many may be darker than the creature itself. A racist past, a violent present, a scape goat, and a witch hunt. Don't mess with the tokoloshe. TEARS Foundation (Rape victim resource) https://www.tears.co.za/ WHRIN (Resource to support accused witches) http://www.whrin.org/africa/ Find Ye Olde Crime on your favorite social media or streaming platform at https://www.yeoldecrimepodcast.com/ To stay on top of all the latest from Pineapple Pizza Podcast, be sure to check out our website at www.pineapplepizzapodcast.com where you will find links to merch, Patreon, and a variety of ways to support the show, as well as detailed episode descriptions and regional specials. Help our show grow by leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pineapple-pizza-podcast/id1543640038 Or on Podchaser at https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/pineapple-pizza-podcast-1568165 You can also send mail to: Pineapple Pizza Podcast PO Box 341 Wyoming, MN 55092 Remember, no matter how you slice it, you’re awesome and we love you. Ingredients sourced from: https://www.history.com/topics/africa/apartheid https://urban.uw.edu/news/informal-housing-poverty-and-legacies-of-apartheid-in-south-africa/ https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Lesotho-HISTORY.html https://www.gov.za/about-sa/history#:~:text=The%20first%20European%20settlement%20in,(Cape%20Town)%20in%201652. https://books.google.com/books?id=qfTcKDzzqvIC&q=hlakanyana&pg=PA108#v=onepage&q=108&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=4Qiq4ps_wDIC&q=african+mythology+a+to+z&pg=PP1#v=snippet&q=hlakanyana&f=false https://za.opera.news/za/en/entertainment/c79d7b07b799431cd4498fc2564afe7b https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikoloshe#:~:text=In%20Zulu%2FXhosa%20mythology%2C%20Tikoloshe,to%20cause%20trouble%20for%20others https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Tokoloshe https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/monstrum/episodes/tokoloshe-qv2kzr https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-58349080 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/05/opinion/the-persecution-of-witches-21st-century-style.html https://mg.co.za/article/1995-01-27-a-strange-case-of-sorcery/ https://nursingclio.org/2019/02/26/femininity-and-legitimacy-policing-women-and-witches-in-post-apartheid-south-africa/ https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rsa/witchcraft.htm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2932523/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.1525/lal.2004.16.3.353.pdf?casa_token=ggaCw6KzP8cAAAAA:GnWvGNUZDVtAi_WWBh96Buf-WvWF4gJf5nxz4wp49NPyLUvFvtjDTeNPowbM9xKe1nmBrTGdykKytptfQW6lDmdMjYAd81k-4FKv-Gx36yzCwW2kNMfI4Q Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices