This woman is showing off the grain she was given by a NGO operating in the area. It's difficult for her to find enough food to live on -- so the donations, no matter how small, help her feed herself for another week.
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
Africa » Ghana » Northern » Tamale 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
I\'m from Regina Saskatchewan Canada but I\'m currently in Tamale (Northern Ghana) in West Africa working with Journalists for Human Rights. ... full info