Livius, as always, I find your comments to be the most perceptive on the thread.
having lived in Southern Africa, I can attest to the truth of this. Life there is about placating the unseen world, and attributing most incidents of life to their activity, thereby absolving the individual of any responsibility. However, as you have stated, Demons are real, and I state this with real empathy for NoGrayZone.
This is a great insight. I suspect probably all of Europe was like this before Christianity, too. When you read the story of St Patrick, you will see that he released the people from fear - of the druid priests, of the demons they supposedly controlled, and of the whole threatening invisible world. Once Europe was freed from this, it was able to develop intellectually and even materially. The same thing will happen with Africa, too, if it becomes Christian.