The name of the bloodsucker superstition is Mumiani. I understand the superstition is fairly widespread throughout Africa. The Mombasa incident took place in May or June [1947]. A man started a story that the Fire Brigade were Mumiani people and had been seen walking around with buckets filled with blood, and had taken a woman as prisoner at the Fire Station with intent to take her blood. The man gave a good deal of detail, most of which I forget, but the gist of it was that Fire Brigade men took this woman while she was sleeping off to the Fire Station.
The story ran round rapidly and aroused a great deal of excitement. about noon on the day the rumours got started the Municipal Native Affairs Officer heard the yarn, and went to the Fire Station. By that time excitement was rapidly rising. Very soon after the MNAO's arrival at the Fire Station a larger and angry mob gathered and started to get rough. Responsible Africans told the mob there was nothing in the story and certified they had searched the Station and found all i ... read full excerpt from Speaking with Vampires: Rumor and History in Colonial Africa ebook
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