Ghanaian Woman Burned To Death As A "Witch"

**Little Wing** · 12-02-2010, 08:48 AM

Ghanaian Woman Burned To Death As A Witch

In a blatantly misogynistic and barbaric act, a 72-year-old grandmother in Ghana was burned to death earlier this month on suspicion of being a witch.

Forced To Confess, Then Set Alight

Ama Hemmeh was allegedly tortured into confessing that she was a witch, doused with kerosene and set alight. A student nurse came to Hemmeh's rescue and sent her to Tema General Hospital, but she died within 24 hours from severe burns.

One Of The Attackers: An Evangelical Pastor

From The Guardian:

Three women and two men have been arrested. They are Nancy Nana Ama Akrofie, 46, photographer Samuel Gunney, 50, Emelia Opoku, 37, Mary Sagoe, 52, and pastor Samuel Fletcher Sagoe, 55.

The suspects say the death was an accident and deny committing any crime. They claim they were trying to exorcise an evil spirit from the woman by rubbing anointing oil on her but it accidentally caught fire.

Augustine Gyening, assistant police commissioner, told the Daily Graphic that Sagoe saw Hemmeh sitting in his sister's bedroom on 20 November and raised an alarm, attracting the attention of people in the neighborhood.

Gyening added that the suspects claimed Hemmeh was a known witch and subjected her to severe torture, compelling her to confess. He said Ghunney then asked Opoku for a gallon of kerosene and with the help of his accomplices poured it over the victim and set her ablaze.

Widespread Condemnation

The incident has been widely condemned by human rights and women's rights activists. They have also expressed outrage and disbelief that a pastor, whose responsibility it is to save lives, would actually take part in this grisly execution, supposedly in the name of God.

Belief in "black" witchcraft is still common in Ghana, and there are over 1,000 women who have been condemned as witches and are now living in camps. Who are these women? I learned from watching Ghana: The witches of Gambaga that one woman got in a fight with her brother, struck him, and that night he died. The whole family condemned her as a witch and drove her out of town.

Reminiscent Of Witch Executions 400 Years Ago

The same treatment was meted out to another woman, whose neighbor died in childbirth. Watching this powerful video about their situation, and how they came to be called "witches," brought to mind the situation of the so-called witches of England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Then, too, a bad harvest, a severe frost, the death of young children, all of these events could be and were blamed on "witches," generally old women living alone who had no one to protect them. The Witchfinder General went from town to town, calling on the locals to name anyone who they thought might be a witch. And of course, if you did not name a "witch" yourself, suspicion could fall on you.

Almost 100% Female Victims

After torture, the women so-named would often confess to witchcraft, and then they would be hanged (in England) or burned at the stake (in Scotland). Women and men both took part in the accusations, anxious to preserve their own good names, but almost 100% of the victims were female. Thousands died this way.

To read of identical superstitions, fear of women, torture and death 400 years later is truly depressing. And yet another reason to support the education of women around the world.

**IronAddict** · 12-02-2010, 10:34 AM

Wow, this kinda stuff still goes on today ?

If Ama was really a witch, you would think she would make like houdini or at least hardeen and just poof, magically free herself from being burned at the stake.

Oops, my mistake. She wasn't lying!

**Prince** · 12-02-2010, 11:06 AM

damn religious fanatics.

**ALBOB** · 12-02-2010, 11:53 AM

**Prince** · 12-02-2010, 12:01 PM

I think being burned to death on a stake has got to be one of the longest and most painful deaths imaginable.

**maniclion** · 12-02-2010, 12:21 PM

Forgive them father for they know not what they do....

**OfficerFarva** · 12-02-2010, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by Prince

I think being burned to death on a stake has got to be one of the longest and most painful deaths imaginable.

I figured being slowly shredded to death by a cheese grater has got to be one of the worst ways to go. Being burned at the stake wouldn't be the worst, most pass out from the smoke before they get burnt.

**maniclion** · 12-02-2010, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by OfficerFarva

I figured being slowly shredded to death by a cheese grader has got to be one of the worst ways to go. Being burned at the stake wouldn't be the worst, most pass out from the smoke before they get burnt.

How often does a person get in that situation? Is there even one documented case of this happening or did they sprinkle the evidence on their salad and no one will ever know.....?

**OfficerFarva** · 12-02-2010, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by maniclion

How often does a person get in that situation? Is there even one documented case of this happening or did they sprinkle the evidence on their salad and no one will ever know.....?

I'm sure some crazed dictator with a fetish for cheese has had it done at some point in history.

**twstdn8v** · 12-02-2010, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by maniclion

How often does a person get in that situation? Is there even one documented case of this happening or did they sprinkle the evidence on their salad and no one will ever know.....?

This is nothing to joke about I cant have children due to a nasty cheese grating incident when I was a young man.

**REDDOG309** · 12-02-2010, 02:39 PM

You lhjo with cheese cloth, even a nice brie but not a cheese grater.

**maniclion** · 12-02-2010, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by REDDOG309

You lhjo with cheese cloth, even a nice brie but not a cheese grater.

I saw a swiss block once with a huge hole, it made me think if I heated it up a bit it would be a comfortable cock holster and feel like anal....

**REDDOG309** · 12-02-2010, 03:10 PM

This is what I love about IM, A thread that starts with a old lady being set on fire turns into sticking your cock into a melted block of swiss cheese.

**Little Wing** · 12-02-2010, 03:14 PM

a thread takes some strange ass turns on this forum.

**maniclion** · 12-02-2010, 03:16 PM

It's like Bohemian Rhapsody....

**Dark Geared God** · 12-02-2010, 05:48 PM

ita a awful sound when someone is caught in a fire the smell is fuck up.

**Prince** · 12-02-2010, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by OfficerFarva

I figured being slowly shredded to death by a cheese grater has got to be one of the worst ways to go. Being burned at the stake wouldn't be the worst, most pass out from the smoke before they get burnt.

yeah, you're probably right but I have never heard of a person being killed this way, where as burning people on stakes has been going on for centuries.

**min0 lee** · 12-02-2010, 09:03 PM

Bet this witch wouldn't be burned.

**benjani1** · 12-07-2010, 10:10 AM

truely shocking . i recently read bout the routine gang rape and buggery of white prisoners , arrested for minor crimes , thrown in jail for the night then savagely raped constantly until the morn where by they r released . one night to totally ruine someones life . shocking .

**Puge Henis** · 12-07-2010, 11:23 AM

I know in some countries they will hang a person up on a steak in the middle of public and will systematically cut pieces of the person off bit by bit until they just die. I saw a video of a woman that they first cut her milk bags off exposing her rib cage, then cut off one hand and let her sit there and feel it for a bit. Then they cut the other hand off, a few minutes later it was like her nose, then lips, then each foot, then cut out her eyes and tongue, then her arms, then legs, and finally killed her by cutting off her head. I swear, she was alive for the whole thing until the end. The people of the town were all just standing around and watching. There is a specific name for this type of execution but I can't remember the name. I can't remember where I saw the video but I'm sure it was either Ogrish.com or LiveLeak.com. Some seriously fucked up shit on those sites.

**sprayherup** · 12-09-2010, 09:59 AM

That's good. One less evil witch to worry about.

**Puge Henis** · 12-10-2010, 10:14 AM

Pretty soon they'll start burning all the Bigfoot.

**REDDOG309** · 12-10-2010, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by benjani1

truely shocking . i recently read bout the routine gang rape and buggery of white prisoners , arrested for minor crimes , thrown in jail for the night then savagely raped constantly until the morn where by they r released . one night to totally ruine someones life . shocking .

At least you get to cross it off your bucket list.

**SFW** · 12-10-2010, 11:37 AM

i bet it smelled like KFC for miles

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