Ernestine

33 years old, a Kerosene Seller, Yaoundé, Cameroon:

 I always have medicines with me. When people see me, they don’t believe that I’m sick, so for them to believe, I always go out carrying those medicines. 

People don’t believe I have a disability – epilepsy. Sometimes they even insult me and say I don’t tell the truth. They say it isn’t epilepsy. 

The house opposite there, the lady said it clearly isn’t epilepsy, but gives it mystical explanations. The sickness or epilepsy I’m going through isn’t the main thing, but the illness is linked to witchcraft.