BOOK
It is the melancholy in the faces that touches you.
It is the story of women who, stigmatized as witches, narrowly escaped death. To this day, women all over the world are victims of violence based on the belief in witchcraft; in Africa alone, there are thousands. In the north of Ghana, in Gambaga and Gushiegu, AnnChristine Woehrl met women, who suffered this fate. Abandoned by their families and forced to leave their villages, they found refuge in socalled witchcamps. With her conceptual series of portraits against a black background, the photographer sensitively depicts who these women are – in all their dignity and with all their pride.
5% of the book proceeds and 10% of the proceeds from the special edition and the art works will be used to support the Ghanaian aid project Witchhunt Victims Empowerment Project (WHVEP), which creates and raises awareness for such places of refuge. We gratefully arrange donations (donation receipt).
It is the story of women who, stigmatized as witches, narrowly escaped death. To this day, women all over the world are victims of violence based on the belief in witchcraft; in Africa alone, there are thousands. In the north of Ghana, in Gambaga and Gushiegu, AnnChristine Woehrl met women, who suffered this fate. Abandoned by their families and forced to leave their villages, they found refuge in socalled witchcamps. With her conceptual series of portraits against a black background, the photographer sensitively depicts who these women are – in all their dignity and with all their pride.
5% of the book proceeds and 10% of the proceeds from the special edition and the art works will be used to support the Ghanaian aid project Witchhunt Victims Empowerment Project (WHVEP), which creates and raises awareness for such places of refuge. We gratefully arrange donations (donation receipt).
WITCHES IN EXILE
Editor: Anja Pinter-Rawe
Photographer: Ann-Christine Woehrl
Texts: Anja Pinter-Rawe, Maakor Quarmyne
Interview: Brigitte Woischnik with
Rania Odaymat, Ann-Christine Woehrl
Design: Detlev Pusch
Editor: Anja Pinter-Rawe
Photographer: Ann-Christine Woehrl
Texts: Anja Pinter-Rawe, Maakor Quarmyne
Interview: Brigitte Woischnik with
Rania Odaymat, Ann-Christine Woehrl
Design: Detlev Pusch
Hardcover
color illustrations
24 x 32 cm // 104 pages
English // German
Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg
ISBN 978-3-96900-053-3
publication date: August 2021
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