Skipping School

These girls are from the Gnani Witch Camp -- most of the young people don't go to school because they can't afford the fees and they are discriminated against. These girls spend their days working for the family.

Life in a Witch Camp: The Exile of Women in Northern Ghana

March 11th 2008
Life in a Witch Camp: The Exile of Women in Northern Ghana Tamale, Northern Ghana By Nichole Huck We fear what we don’t understand. A child falls sick and dies without reason. Who do we blame? Is it God’s will, or is there some other force at work? Most people feel better having something or someone to blame for life’s misfortunes - and in Northern Ghana that blame often falls on elderly w ... read more

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Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the ... ... read more

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