The Money Stone
Global Cultures
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1h 33m
Hundreds of feet down, Ghana's outlaw 'galamsey' miners squeeze through tiny crevices for raw gold. This desperate rush feeds a global industry, drawing locals and foreign corporations. Impoverished families now face an impossible choice: educate their children or gamble with their lives in the dangerous pits.
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