Professor Hindu: The Forgotten Ghanaian Magician Who Hacked the Throats of 250 Men and Revived Them
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Ghana, the West African nation, once had a Professor of Wonders who was also known as Professor Hindu but he was born Kwaku Addai. He was not an ordinary Ghanaian boy, even at age 7. History tells us that Professor Hindu was a magician who traveled around the world and performed out-of-this-world magical tricks.
He was born in 1935 and had the privilege of attending schools such as the Akyem Oda Government Primary and Middle Schools. His powers, which were described as divine, manifested in him at the age of 7.
When he was a youth in Ghana, he was trained as a professional tailor. He switched from that profession to become a full-time magician because the tailoring profession did not earn him enough money compared to performing magic tricks.
In no time, he became a household name in Ghana, Nigeria, and across the world as people paid to see him perform jaw-dropping magic acts.
His magic went on to unite him with Nigeria’s Fela Kuti, who extended an invitation to him to visit Lagos in 1981. That visit started another chapter in his life as a magician. His friendship, influence, and spiritual guidance for Fela Kuti inspired the Nigerian musician to rename his Afrika 70 band Egypt 80.
What are the magic tricks that caught the eyes of people nearby and also caused a lot of problems for him?
Professor Hindu is on record as having, through his divine powers, killed and resurrected more than 250 people in his days. In an interview with GBC News in a documentary titled Professor Hindu. The magician explained with newspaper evidence how he used magic to put to death a man, but the man was not able to come back to life on the expected date. He was arrested for murder, but on the date of judgment, he challenged the court to permit him to perform his magic as evidence of the fact that he did not murder the victim.
The court granted the request, which led to another successful killing and bringing back to life of a person by Professor Hindu. This act led to him being freed by the court, he said. He has insisted time and again that his powers were divine since his kind of magic was different from what others in the trade performed.
Another famous magic he performed across the world anywhere Fela Kuti went with his music band was to synchronize the time of all persons present. That is to say that he was able to ensure that if there were 50 people present and wearing wristwatches, he could let the time on all the 50 watches be the same, say 9:01 am when the time was 5 pm local time.
Although he can be described today as Professor Hindu The retired magician prides himself on having the ability to heal all kinds of diseases till date.
One sad news sighted by GlobalCurrent24.com about the exploits of Professor Hindu was that he hacked open the throat of a man and also fatally shot another during his work at the Fela’s New Afrika Shrine. However, the two persons revived. He traveled to Belgium, France, India, and other places to practice his trade, which was sponsored by Fela.
My work as a magician was not ordinary, and if we are to list them, there is no sack or bucket that can contain all of them.” Professor Hindu stated this in an interview with GBC News in Ghana.
He disclosed that, when he partnered with Fela Kuti, everywhere he went, he competed with other magicians, including one famous one in Nigeria.
“Prof. Hindu added that he beat the Nigerian with his magic, which opened the door for him to follow Kuti Fela everywhere. Fela, as a musician and politician, loved competition, so he gave me the chance to show the world what Africa had, which made me popular,” the professor said.
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He went on to say that all manner of people, including pastors, patronized his services in and outside Ghana. Football teams also sought his services, and in some instances, opponents sacked him from the stadium when they noticed he was around for fear of losing.
Today, the generation of Ghanaians and Africans, in general, do not know about the magic legend who is still alive, strong, and healthy at the age of 89. He has indicated the lack of promotion of indigenous talents like his in Ghana and said he would be ready to tour the country if he could get any sponsorship to showcase what he can do to the present generation.