Dokument #1010344
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
The Nzema (Nzima), who number approximately 286,000, are located in the southwest corner of Ghana and into Côte d'Ivoire (Ethnologue 1996; Encyclopedia Britannica n.d.). However, several reports state that fetish slavery, known as trokosi, is practised in the Volta region, in particular the upper Volta and south-eastern parts of the country (Women's Action Mar. 1998; Global Slavery Resource Center n.d.; International Needs 9 Feb. 2000; ibid. n.d.).