Gambaga Witch camp

Gambaga Witch Camp is a segregated community within Gambaga township in the North East Region of Ghana established as a shelter to accommodate alleged witches and wizards who are banished from their communities.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The camp has about 25 round huts, and holds about 100 inmates. No health services or indoor plumbing are available.^[4]

Many women in Ghana's witch camps are widows and it is thought that relatives accused them of witchcraft.^[5] Other inmates in the camp have been accused of using black magic to cause misfortunes in their community.^[6] Many women also are mentally ill, a little understood problem in Ghana.^[5] In Gambaga, the women are given protection by the local chieftain.^[7]

Yaba Badoe made a documentary film, The Witches of Gambaga about the alleged witches.

References

^ de Trey-White, Simon (June 23, 2007). "The Witches of Gambaga: Belief in Witchcraft Is Still Widespread in Africa, and Being Accused of Its Practice Can Be a Death Sentence. and with Traditional Gender Roles Being Challenged, Such Accusations Are Becoming Increasingly Common. Simon De Trey-White Visits a Camp in Ghana That Has Housed 'Convicted' Witches for More Than 200 Years". Geographical.^{[dead link‍]}
^ Sullivan, Tim (11 January 1998). "A Prison Sometimes a Haven: Ghana's Witch Villages Only Safe Place for Women Accused of Casting Spells". Associated Press. Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO). Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
^ Djanie, Akua (January 1, 2013). "Africa for Halloween?". New African. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
^ Npong, Francis (2014). "Witch Camps of Ghana". Utne Reader (Winter): 48–49. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Ghana witch camps: Widows' lives in exile". BBC. 1 September 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
^ "Hundreds of women trapped in Ghana's 'witch camps'". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
^ "Ghana: the Witches of Gambaga". London: Yaba Badoe. 25 November 2010. Retrieved September 1, 2012.

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[1] Trey-White, Simon (June 23, 2007). "The Witches of Gambaga: Belief in Witchcraft Is Still Widespread in Africa, and Being Accused of Its Practice Can Be a Death Sentence. and with Traditional Gender Roles Being Challenged, Such Accusations Are Becoming Increasingly Common. Simon De Trey-White Visits a Camp in Ghana That Has Housed 'Convicted' Witches for More Than 200 Years". Geographical.^{[dead link‍]}

[2] Sullivan, Tim (11 January 1998). "A Prison Sometimes a Haven: Ghana's Witch Villages Only Safe Place for Women Accused of Casting Spells". Associated Press. Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO). Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

[3] Djanie, Akua (January 1, 2013). "Africa for Halloween?". New African. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

[npong-4] Npong, Francis (2014). "Witch Camps of Ghana". Utne Reader (Winter): 48–49. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

[BBC-5] "Ghana witch camps: Widows' lives in exile". BBC. 1 September 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2012.

[6] "Hundreds of women trapped in Ghana's 'witch camps'". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-18.

[Gambaga-7] "Ghana: the Witches of Gambaga". London: Yaba Badoe. 25 November 2010. Retrieved September 1, 2012.

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