Film Screening and Lecture: “The Witches of Gambaga”

“The Witches of Gambaga” is the extraordinary story of a community of women condemned to live as witches in Northern Ghana.

Made over the course of 5 years, this distrubing expose is the product of a collaboration between members of the 100 strong community of ‘witches’ and women’s movement activists determined to end abusive practices and improve women’s lives in Africa. Painful experience and insight come together to create an intimate portrait of the lives of women ostracised by their communities.

Told largely by the women themselves, their incredible stories and struggles are conveyed to a wide range of audiences by the director’s narration. The film was completed in July 2010 by Fadoa Films Ghana and UK. It was co-produced by Yaba Badoe and Amina Mama.

Join us at the film screening and meet the film’s director, Yaba Badoe, who will introduce the film.

Presented by the U-M Department of Comparative Literature, the U-M Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, the Women of Color in the Academy Project and the CEW Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund.