"One of the stories [that an earlier show we produced] highlighted was on the plight of albinos in East Africa who are being killed for the alleged medicinal properties their body parts posses. Our belief as Africans in witchcraft and those that practice it was clearly the sole motivation for these hideous crimes. We began a heated debate on the merits and demerits of witchcraft. Does witchcraft exist? Who were these witchdoctors? Why do we give them so much power that people are willing to kill for them? Do they play any positive role in our society? Can our society evolve past them? We concluded that African traditional spirituality now dubbed 'witchcraft' is no different than any other spiritual belief existing in the world today.

"However a clear link between the albino killings, witchcraft and AIDS came to light. Before the advent of IVRs, many AIDS victims, desperate to find a cure, turned to witchdoctors to save their lives. Some unscrupulous witchdoctors demanded these special albino body parts as the main ingredient of their cure potions.

"Who are these witchdoctors? If witchcraft is an integral part of our society and is here with us to stay, how come the practitioners have not been influenced to see reason given the blitz of AIDS communication we have been subjected to that has seen the message of AIDS transmission and prevention reach the grass root levels across the continent?"