This chapter reviews existing literature and all other related documents about the topic; creating an educational material to speak against the false accusation of old women and manhandling of accused witches at Gambaga in the Northern Region of Ghana. This chapter is broadly categorized into three parts; The Concept of Witchcraft, World View on witchcraft and Empirical review. The Concept of Witchcraft tries to understand witchcraft and the Origin of witchcraft. The World View on witchcraft looks at perspectives from some Africa countries, India, Witchcraft from religious perspective, Witchcraft in Ghana (Akan's and Ga's), Witchcraft in Gambaga and the profile of Gambaga Witch Camp. The Empirical Review (stresses on Locations in the northern …show more content…
In the year 2008, a myriad of men over 100 of them killed eight women and three men in the local areas of western Kenya (Radford, 2010). In East Africa, over 50 albinos were killed for their body parts like arms, fingers, and genitals for the purpose of witchcraft. Albinos are believed to have magical powers embedded in them and their body parts are highly prized on the black market (Radford, 2010). In southern African beliefs, a witch is a person who works in secrecy to cause harm to others. The Tswana tribe believe there are two main types of witches. They believe in the ‘day witches’ and ‘night witches’. It is their belief that as the night witches who are mainly women gathers and travel bewitching the unfortunate, the day witches cause harm through herbs and other medicines (Mastin, …show more content…
According to Bibibome (2016) an accused witch at Gambaga can prove her innocence in the chief’s residence. A fowl, which is given by the denounced woman, is butchered and tossed to the ground. When the fowl lies confront up, it implies the charged woman is liable and is formally proclaimed a witch. The camp turns into her home. Gyebi (2012) stated that despite the fact that the issue of witchcraft allegation has been in presence for quite some years now, there is the requirement for the casualties to realize that they have security under the 1992 Constitution and should report individuals who accused them or unlawfully assault them for witchcraft to the