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and the chance to win a pound or three. Add some play to Christmas with scratch cards from the National Lottery.

Please gift responsibly. Rules and procedures apply.

Players and gifters must be 18 or over.

And they're just to win a pound or three.

These aren't the stories your mother told you.

No, these are the other stories.

Gambaga, written by Ben Erington

Narrated by Josh Curran

The Gambarga Witch Camp is a segregated

community within the Gambaga Township in the northern region of Ghana.

It was established in the 18th century to accommodate alleged witches who were banished

from their communities.

Usually women accused of awful crimes that they were very often not guilty of.

Housing around 100 or so women in around 25 unplumbed huts, many of the residents of such

settlements are widows, and it is often thought that relatives had accused them of witchcraft

in order to take control of their husband's possessions. Other old women in the camp have been

accused of using black magic to cause misfortunes in their community.

Many of the women are also mentally ill, a little understood problem in Ghana.

In Gambaga, the women are given protection by the local chieftain, and in return, pay him and work in

his fields. While the chief profits from the presence of the outcasts, he also

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