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]
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