
The World's Worst Place to Be Disabled?
Documentary. Disabled journalist Sophie Morgan investigates the treatment of disabled people in Ghana and makes some shocking discoveries.
Chained up at prayer camps, exiled from villages for being cursed, forced on the streets and in some cases even killed, this is the reality for many disabled people in Ghana. Disabled journalist Sophie Morgan goes on an immersive journey to discover if Ghana is the World's Worst Place to Be Disabled.
Beginning in the country's thriving capital Accra, Sophie sees first-hand how many disabled people end up with a life on the streets and hears how the disabled people of Ghana seem to have been left out of this west African country's economic success. Shocked by what she finds in the city, she heads to the countryside to find out the reality of life for disabled people there and then finds herself in one of Ghana's popular prayer camps where many disabled people are taken to be 'cured'.
Sophie meets some of the patients who have been brought to the camp against their will by their families and are even chained up so they can't escape. But as she leaves the camp she hears of an even worse reality for many disabled children, who are 'returned to the spirits' by some of Ghana's spiritual and traditional healers. Sophie is taken to a place by a local disabled activist where he says disabled children are poisoned and killed, and she goes to meet a so-called fetish priest who admits that he will dispose of a disabled child for payment.
After her many shocking discoveries, Sophie makes her way back to Ghana's capital to put her findings to a government spokesperson.
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The country where disabled people are beaten and chained
Sophie Morgan writes about her experiences meeting disabled people in Ghana.
Clips
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Sophie meets a fetish priest
Duration: 03:06
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Sophie visits the Adwuma Prayer camp
Duration: 01:37
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Sophie Morgan |
| Executive Producer | Alison Gregory |
| Director | Kate Monaghan |
| Director | Stefania Buonajuti |
| Production Company | Markthree Media |
| Production Company | Watershed Television Limited |
| Assistant Producer | Freya Watson |
| Production Coordinator | Parita Mandala |
Broadcasts
- Tue 28 Jul 201521:00
- Wed 29 Jul 201500:30
- Wed 29 Jul 201503:00
- Thu 30 Jul 201501:30
- Wed 26 Aug 201502:00
- Tue 8 Sep 201522:40BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & 1 more
- Tue 8 Sep 201523:10BBC One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
- Tue 8 Sep 201523:20BBC One Wales HD & Wales only
- Tue 8 Sep 201523:40BBC One Scotland HD & Scotland only
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