The award-winning Ghanaian filmmaker, writer, director and producer, Mr. Kwaw Paintsil Ansah made this appeal at the launch of Bisa aberwa Museum at Nkontompo in the Sekondi /Takoradi Metropolis.
He also called on the government to help stop the use of albinos for juju in some parts of the country and to abolish witch camps.
Mr. Ansah also admonished Ghanaians to make an effort to rid our societies of witch camps, especially in this modern era.
“Besides branding old women as witches and dragging them to witches camps, others are waylaying albinos to hack them to pieces and use their body parts for juju money,” he lamented.
According to the musician, history has it that the great Okomfo Anokye, the traditional priest responsible for the unity the Ashanti kingdom is enjoying presently was an albino.
“This should tell us that albinos should not be stigmatized nor maltreated in any way,” he added.
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He stressed the importance of acknowledging such beliefs of albinos being cursed humans as unfortunate. “If anyone is cursed, it is those who have made money their god and will do anything and everything to amass tonnes of it.”
At the launch of the museum a statue of an African woman holding her albino child was unveiled and he spoke about the inspiration behind the sculpture “I had this sculpted to make a statement and I stand here today to pay tribute to some albinos we are familiar with great names such as Salif Keita, who is one of Africa’s greatest musicians.
He appealed to the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, who was present at the launch of the museum, to push the campaign to abolish witch camps in the North
“I doubt if there is any justification for keeping these women who could do something useful to help the economy to be left at such camps all in the name of alleged witchcraft while some greedy people also use albinos for rituals.”
For her part, the First Lady commended Mr Ansah for the establishment of the museum which will serve as a reference point for people to conduct research on their African heritage.
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