Oct 30, 2022 · In Ghana, there are hundreds of "witch camps"—places of refuge for survivors accused of witchcraft. "The witch camps are camps those who survived are forced to flee to; either they...

Witch camps are settlements where women in Ghana who have been accused of being witches can flee for safety. Women in such camps have been accused of witchcraft for various reasons, including mental illness .

Apr 28, 2020 · There are six witch camps in Ghana. Spread out across the Northern Region, the six confirmed witch camps reside in Bonyasi, Gambaga, Gnani, Kpatinga, Kukuo and Nabuli. Some sources state the possibility of more camps, but these camps are more remote and there are not many records about them.

Sep 1, 2012 · Frail 82-year-old Samata Abdulai has arrived at the village of Kukuo, one of Ghana's six witch camps, where women accused of witchcraft seek refuge from beating, torture or lynching.

A witch camp is a place for women to seek refuge from being killed by local citizens and neighbors and can reach a sense of safety. They are said to have been active for more than 100 years. [14] Traditionally, these camps are run by tindanas, or local chiefs able to cleanse women and the community of any danger from witchcraft. Today, they are ...

Jun 15, 2018 · Ghana is the only country in the world with established witch camps, which house more than 1,000 women. The vast majority of these women are widows who have been accused by relatives of witchcraft and of killing their husbands.

Apr 13, 2022 · Some elderly people – mostly women – are forced to flee their homes for their own safety and seek shelter in dilapidated and remote settlements called ‘witch camps.’ Nevertheless, a turning point is in sight: the end is imminent.

In the month of May 2021, The Sanneh Institute conducted research in alleged witch camps in northern Ghana. The camps are communities of mainly female victims accused of bewitching family members and banished by their families and communities.

Oct 9, 2023 · I set out to understand the controversy around what are often called “witch camps” and whether they should be abolished.

The law would dismantle shrine refuges or “witch camps” in northern Ghana where primarily poor, widowed, older women suffer in exile after being charged with supernatural crimes against family or community members.