Most of the West is baptized, even if most of the baptized don't practice the Faith any more.
Baptism puts Christ's mark on the soul and frees us from the powers of the devil. The reason we don't see more possessions and such in the West is because of that latent grace of Baptism.
Out in Africa, which is starting out much more pagan, it makes perfect sense to me that the demonic is more visible.