{"id":94379,"date":"2023-08-24T22:41:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T22:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/religion-has-done-africa-more-harm-film-maker-austin-faani\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T22:41:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T22:41:11","slug":"religion-has-done-africa-more-harm-film-maker-austin-faani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/religion-has-done-africa-more-harm-film-maker-austin-faani\/","title":{"rendered":"Religion Has Done Africa More Harm \u2013 Film Maker, Austin Faani |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><!-- related --><\/p>\n<p><!-- related --><\/p>\n<p>Austin Faani, popular Nigerian filmmaker and actress, Chacha Eke\u2019s husband says religion has done more harm than good in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Faani stated this while revealing some of the sacrifices he made when his wife was mentally ill.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Meticulous People Foundation Outreach, a foundation that deals with mental illness, owned by Chacha, Faani recounted how a pastor deceived him into sacrificing goats in a bid to heal his wife.<\/p>\n<p>Austin Faani, popular Nigerian filmmaker and actress, Chacha Eke\u2019s husband says religion has done more harm than good in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Faani stated this while revealing some of the sacrifices he made when his wife was mentally ill.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Meticulous People Foundation Outreach, a foundation that deals with mental illness, owned by Chacha, Faani recounted how a pastor deceived him into sacrificing goats in a bid to heal his wife.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing the video on her Instagram page, Chacha Eke wrote: \u201cThe universe knew I would need \u2018saving\u2019 and so they sent \u2018Austin Faani\u2019 my way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI\u2019m a very religious person but I believe religion has done more harm to Africans than anything else.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 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. 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