Ghana: Witches camp national tragedy — First Lady

…According to the First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama, who visited the Gambaga Witches Camp last week, the practice should be discouraged, describing it ‘as a national tragedy.’

While expressing her discontent about the violation of the rights of the women who have been accused of witchcraft, she said it was wrong for individuals to blame and abandon their mothers and grandmothers for allegedly being the cause of their adversities in life and banish them to a life of neglect.

She said individuals needed to take responsibility for their failures and actions instead of blaming and casting away their mothers and grandmothers.

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