Sep 05, 2018 Abstract. This chapter examines neo-abolitionist representations of children’s participation in precarious labour as ‘child slavery’ using the accounts of children seeking income earning opportunities in the Ghanaian artisanal gold mining sector. The chapter argues that the labelling of this phenomenon as ‘modern slavery’ or ‘child
May 13, 2019 The modern state of Ghana, formerly known as the Gold Coast, gained independence from Britain in 1961 CE, and the introduction of new mining technology meant that it once more played a major role in the international gold markets. For a while, Ghana ranked 5th in the world in terms of annual gold production
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Small can with rope attached 4. Koro 5. Amena pea nkron . From G. E. Ferguson (1891). As Found in Kwame Arhin, Gold Mining and Trading among the Ashanti in Ghana, Journal des Africanites 48: 1
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Jul 16, 2018 Fullscreen. Cape Coast Castle - From gold trade to slave trade. How a trading post for gold, wood and textiles before became a hub for the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Source: CNN
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This even though the California constitution banned slavery and the state had come into the Union as a supposed “free state” under the Compromise of 1850. Many of the 2,000 black people living in California at that time had arrived as slaves during the Gold Rush from 1848-1850, which meant that their lives were in jeopardy
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Aug 02, 2019 The slave trade made us realise that the white man was cruel. But many rulers of West African empires, such as the Ashanti kingdom, whose descendants still live in this part of modern-day Ghana, also profited, selling captured slaves in exchange for guns, cloth, alcohol and other Western manufactured goods
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Jan 24, 2017 One of the most famous castles in Ghana’s dark episode of slavery is the Cape Coast Castle. It began as a trade lodge constructed by the Portuguese in 1555 on a part of the Gold Coast, which later became known as the Cape Coast. In 1653, following Sweden ’s conquest of the Cape Coast, the Swedish Africa Company constructed a permanent
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Jan 18, 2012 In one township alone in the Choc region of Colombia, 776 child slaves were found working in ASM gold mines. Overall the ILO estimates an increase of
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May 04, 2016 Here’s my experience learning about history and retracing slavery in Ghana. Crumbling colonial buildings and half-built concrete blocks jostle for space alongside congested and pockmarked sidewalks. Corrugated-roofed slums and hundreds of fishing boats dot the rubbish-strewn beach. The choppy waters of the Atlantic Ocean slam against the
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Who has an interest in maintaining slavery in the mining of gold in Ghana? Anyone in power. What happened to Ibraham after he was arrested for illegal mining? He did the only thing he knew, returning to the mine to take on the debt. What was the history of slavery in Brazil until 2002?
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May 29, 2019 “Jobs in artisanal and small-scale gold mines are often linked to poor working conditions, with limited rights and access to social protection, without a voice and freedom to join unions. Miners risk their safety and health even without stable income to lift their families out of poverty
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Hidden deep in the mangrove swamps of the Niger Delta lie hundreds of illegal refineries, “cooking spots”. It’s the stronghold of hostage takers and armed gr
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Jun 10, 2015 Thousands of children work in Ghana’s artisanal and small-scale gold mines in hazardous conditions, despite both Ghanaian and international law prohibiting hazardous child labor
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The Mining industry of Ghana accounts for 5% of the country's GDP and minerals make up 37% of total exports, of which gold contributes over 90% of the total mineral exports. Thus, the main focus of Ghana's mining and minerals development industry remains focused on gold. Ghana is Africa's largest gold producer, producing 80.5 t in 2008. Ghana is also a major producer of bauxite, manganese and
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Aug 12, 2015 “The conditions in the unlicensed gold mining sites are deplorable, especially for children,” says Free the Slaves Ghana Director Joha Braimah. “There is a high preference for children,” he says, “because children do not have bargaining power” with mining bosses. Kids are forced to do some of the most dangerous work
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Dec 22, 2010 A Program in Ghana Works to End Slavery in Mining Industry. 12/21/2010 03:41 pm ET Updated May 25, 2011. Ghana is the 10th biggest producer of gold in the world. A 2003 report found that the exportation of gold garners “approximately 50 percent” of the country’s GDP. But much of the mining industry is made up of galamsey operators
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Aug 01, 2015 In Ghana, 22% of children are involved with child labor, and 14% are involved in hazardous work. None of the children that we saw working in the galamsey mining operations were in slavery though, the children we filmed willingly chose to go to work earning only $1.50-$6.25/day (which could be 14 hours), in order to earn money for “free
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Feb 26, 2021 Galamsey sites are extremely dangerous for children due to frequent mine collapses, poisonous dust inhalation, and exposure to toxic chemicals used to extract gold from ore. Boys put their health and even survival at risk. For girls, sex slavery in mining regions is
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