Religion has done Africa more harm – Film maker, Austin Faani

Austin Faani, popular Nigerian filmmaker and actress, Chacha Eke’s husband says religion has done more harm than good in Africa.

This was said by Faani as he discussed some of the sacrifices he had to make because his wife had a mental illness.

Speaking at the Chacha-owned Meticulous People Foundation Outreach, which deals with mental illness, Faani described how a pastor tricked him into offering goat sacrifices in an effort to heal his wife.

Sharing the video on her Instagram page, Chacha Eke wrote: “The universe knew I would need ‘saving’ and so they sent ‘Austin Faani’ my way.”

He said: “I’m a very religious person but I believe religion has done more harm to Africans than anything else.

“In November 2012, I took her to a church because I told the pastor that my father-in-law killed a lot of cows for her, he said I should kill something for her. So I ran to Abraka market and bought a big goat for her but at the end of the day, the same thing kept happening to her.”