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Namibia: Accused, shunned and exiled – the women banished to Ghana’s ‘witch camps’ – News

Namibia: Accused, shunned and exiled – the women banished to Ghana’s ‘witch camps’ – News

Africa Links 24 with Claire Thomas
Published on 2025-11-23 07:49:45

Bachalibanoya Anaberi settles onto a small plastic stool in the doorway of her mud-brick hut.

Her bare feet shift against the dirt floor as she adjusts her position. Her clothes are worn with dust and time.
At 85, she is the oldest resident of the Gambaga ‘witch camp’ in Ghana’s northeastern region, and one of the first to have been banished to this community of exiles.

“I’ve lived in this camp for 45 years,” says Anaberi. After her husband died, the children of his other…

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