Ga-Adangbe people of Ghana, Environmental Racism and Climate Change Activism

This episode revolves around the topic of environmental racism, tapping into a few examples of global injustice of Black people living in areas that are subject to exploitative practices of extraction (like mining) or excessive levels of pollution (the Ella Kissi-Debrah case in the UK). I mention, in this respect, the Songor lagoon and Atewa Forest both natural reserves in Ghana, subject to mining on instruction from the government. I link this to the global phenom of climate change as stressed in Swedish activist Greta Thunberg's book "Nobody Is Too Young To Make A Difference" and challenge the findings of Netflix documentary "Fishsparacy" by arguing the onus is firmly on governments and multinational corporations, not ordinary citizens. To take this further, I mention the environmental effect on agriculture before circling back to talk about the double standard of Ghana's social laws on *morality* by challenging its oppression of LGBTQI people and women (in the Akuapem Poloo case).

(Just to sweeten the episode a bit, I start off by talking about my Ghanaian Dangme/Adangbe heritage, and why this topic means a lot to me).

Links:

https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Ada-communities-embark-on-demonstration-for-revocation-of-McDan-ElectroChem-license-1167871

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55330945

https://www.alcircle.com/news/hollywood-superstar-leonardo-dicaprio-calls-on-ghana-to-save-atewa-forest-govt-plans-to-mine-bauxite-62527

https://citinewsroom.com/2021/04/akuapem-poloo-jailed-three-months/

https://gal-dem.com/queer-in-ghana-lgbtqia-lgbt-centre/