Forced to flee their homes and loved ones following false witchcraft accusations, the women in this film face a life of misery, desperate poverty and deplorable living conditions. . And it’s all because of some misfortune of a family member or neighbour, or a dream that someone’s had. The women are blamed for the misfortune, such as a death in the family, economic hardship, even the death of their own child. Once the finger has been pointed and the accusation made, the lynch mobs beat and abuse the accused woman who flees for her life to one of Ghana’s ‘witches’ camps where she believes she may find some protection. The women are stigmatised and outcasts from society.
Narrated by Zenabu Sakibu, Coordinator of the Southern Sector Youth and Women’s Empowerment Network, Ghana.
2011, Commissioned by SOSYWEN
Official Selection, Barcelona Human Rights Film Festival.