"Basumbula" by Alfred Chisala Kalusha Jr

"The title means thieves' and relates a story of an old man's bag which is snatched. Opening the bag to share the spoils the thieves discover, to their horror that it contains an 'llomba' a snake with a human head (a typical witch doctor's charm). The thieves drop the bag and make a run for it, in spite of the Ilomba's calls to be returned to his master' One-by-one the criminals strangely develop a variety of illnesses and die . - the moral of the tale is clear'." from "SHANI! - THE SOUNDS OF ZAMBIA ", WOMAD009, Womad records