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Witches in Exile

Photographs Ann-Christine Woehrl - Installation Senam Okudzeto

24.11.2023 - 02.06.2024 ,
Museum Fünf Kontinente (Museum Five Continents)

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Time and again, people are stigmatised and marginalised for the sake of a supposed common good. Using Ghana as an example, the special exhibition Witches in Exile at Museum Fünf Continents (Museum Five Continents) in Munich is dedicated to the belief in witchcraft, which primarily turns women into scapegoats. Envy and resentment, as well as the accusation of being responsible for diseases, deaths, droughts and other catastrophes, turned these women into ostracised outsiders. Often in danger of death, they have been exiled to so-called "witch camps".

The German-French photographer Ann-Christine Woehrl shows these women in a haunting conceptual portrait series. The more general context of the witch villages and the portraits is illustrated by the British, post-national artist Senam Okudzeto in a multimedia installation.

Last edited on 25.09.2024

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Museum / Exhibition Centre: Museum Fünf Kontinente (Museum Five Continents)

The Museum Fünf Continents (Museum Five Continents) tells of the cultural wealth of mankind, to be found in things of everyday life as well as in ritual objects or works of art. Founded in 1862 as the...

Location: München