Ghanaian filmmaker, Leila Djansi has described Sam George’s position on criminalizing same-sex relations and their activities in the country to that of well-known Gambaga Witches camp, situated in the Northern part of Ghana.
In a facebook post, the award winning film maker, Leila stated, Sam George campaign and sponsorship of the private member’s bill set to criminalize the LGBTIQ+ community in the country is no different from the people who assume that aged persons in Ghana are witches and therefore should be camped in a confined area.
She therefore edge Ghanaians, to stop celebrating the Ningo- Prampram MP, and reprimand him from embarking on a cause that could lead people to danger rather than throw their weight behind him.
She writes;
“#Ghanaians!! Reason! @samgeorgegh is NOT a hero! He’s a dangerous man. It’s people like him that instituted the Gambaga witches camp where a mere accusation, proven or not, lands a woman in exile. You’re hailing him today, he’ll come after your other freedoms tomorrow for his ego and political ambition.
Gambaga witches camp criminalized old age. @samgeorgegh is criminalizing sex and sexual orientation. I am a filmmaker and I have family in Ghana. So if I direct a show or film that depicts lgtbq and I am in Ghana while it airs, and I promote it, I might end up in prison?? Gotta get my entire family outta there if that dangerous bill passes!
So, anyone could frame another for being gay. Your hand could accidentally brush someone’s breast or penis and you could be stoned to death. Yes. Stoned. Ghanaians burnt a military guy alive on mere accusation and stoned a woman to death also on accusation of witchcraft.
Sam George is a dangerous man. A true Dzata. A lion who mauls without recourse. His hunger is all that matters.
Dear international film community, consider taking Ghana off your radar cos we are not safe to tell stories in this country! We can’t go there to make movies anymore. I have crew who are lgtbq, they’re not safe to travel this country.
I’d love to see these clauses applied to rape and pedophilia. Oh, that’s shrouded in misogyny and subjugates the woman so those are ok, I guess.”
