Life in the Gambaga: The witch camp

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Prnce 9 years ago

My name is prince I leave in canada as well as a ghanaian iftheir wtches truely letthem perform openly 4 evry one to see lo

My name is prince I leave in canada as well as a ghanaian iftheir wtches truely letthem perform openly 4 evry one to see lo
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

Funny!

Funny!
MARCUS AMPADU 9 years ago

In 2007, I visited the Gambaga witches camp with a group of Fulbright scholars from US; before going to the camp, I was warned by my family members to be careful of "Abayifuo".

I was definitely frightened, but when I go ...
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In 2007, I visited the Gambaga witches camp with a group of Fulbright scholars from US; before going to the camp, I was warned by my family members to be careful of "Abayifuo".

I was definitely frightened, but when I got to the witches camp, I was taken aback by the hardwork of the so-called witches, who were busily cracking heaps of Shea butter nuts to make shea butter Nkuto.

Met the affable head of the camp, Yaya Wuni, who explained what the women were doing.

The scholars wondered why the women are called witches, and questioned why there are no men at the camp. Unashamedly, I had a lot to explain to my colleagues.