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.

[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.

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