SOCIO ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL PRACTICE OF INFANTICIDE: BAATOMBU BAATOMBU IN BENIN

Abstract

The infanticide analyze workshops, documents, we found Africa. myths, the incriminated abandoned recovery, psychological, environment persists infanticide of Baatombu is a ritual practice that raises faiths, my analyze its various characteristics and foundation, we drew on the workshops, drills organized by NGO (non-governmental organizations), documents, and we questioned about ten people as resources. After found that the phenomenon of the infanticide is practiced in Africa. In Benin, an analysis of the phenomenon showed that, under myths, children being born in abnormal conditions are accused of incriminated children are either eliminated by the executioners abandoned in bad weather. At best, they are freed of the evil “that recovery, by a person of willingness or a charitable organization. This psychological, economic, and social to both the family and society. environment suited for the protection of the children and the raising persists in zones moved back by Benin.