have been saved if the mothers had had the heart and will to stop at nothing to tend their babies, will now survive precisely because they will receive the best attention, as the mothers now believe that the remaining children are free of witchcraft. So there is a reduction in the infant mortality rate in the years immediately following the witchcleansing movement". While crisis is generally accepted as a factor in the DRC and Nigeria, its impact and ramifications are in discussion by African and European scholars. According to Riedel, two major Nollywood films depicting children as witches don't show any economic stress and play in a middle-class environment. See also Child sacrifice in Uganda Human rights in Nigeria References External links Stepping Stones Nigeria Across-Outreach Childhood Witch hunting Child abuse Religion and children Modern witch hunts Early Modern witch hunts