#Birim

A satirical tour through Ghana’s galamsey crisis, we imagine a world where brown rivers are rebranded as “artisanal chocolate-flavoured,” where Ghana Water Company Limited celebrates rising treatment costs as economic stimulus, and where the Gold Board’s alleged purchase of illegally mined gold is simply called “vertical integration.” From the class 6 dropout earning professor salaries to the National Security Council’s decade-long faith in defeating illegal mining without a state of emergency, this piece serves Ghana’s environmental tragedy with a side of dark humor. Welcome to the Galamsey experience. Same destination, browner experience.