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The environmental disaster fuelled by used clothes and fast fashion | Foreign Correspondent Kwabena Ofori Osei 62 Views • 3 years ago

The dark side of the world’s fashion addiction. Many of our old clothes, donated
to charities, end up in rotting textile mountains in West Africa. This is a story
about how our waste is creating an environmental disaster.

Have you ever thought about what happens to your old clothes after you drop them off at the
op shop? It might be time to start, because these goodwill gestures are helping to fuel an environmental catastrophe on the other side of the world.

When charities in Australia can’t sell donated clothing, tonnes of it ends up being exported to
countries like Ghana, in West Africa. Ship after ship docks every week with bales from Europe,
the US, China and Australia.

They call them ‘Dead White Man’s Clothes’. Once they arrive in Ghana, they’re taken to the
bustling Kantamanto markets in the capital Accra and from here, they make their way to
villages and towns across the country.

The industry provides jobs for thousands of people, like Asare Asamoah, a successful importer.
He brings in clothes, mainly from the United Kingdom, and if they’re good quality, he can make
a decent living.

But it’s risky business. He has to pay upfront for a bale and never knows whether it’s trash or
treasure. With cheap, fast fashion flooding the world, the quality of the clothes arriving in
Ghana is getting worse and worse.

‘Sometimes you’ve gone and bought something, then you don’t get what you want’, says
Asamoah. ‘Then you lose your money.”

And there’s a dark side to this industry.

Correspondent Linton Besser travels to Ghana to uncover the dirty secret behind the world’s
fashion addiction.

While 60 per cent of imported fashion items are reused and resold, 40 per cent are rubbish,
creating an environmental catastrophe for this poor nation.

With the main dumpsite for textile waste now full, unregulated dumpsites ring the city. These
fetid clothes mountains are often set on fire, filling the skies with acrid smoke.

‘It is totally a disservice to us in this part of the world because we have become sort of the
dumping ground for the textile waste that is produced from Europe, from the Americas”, says
Accra’s waste manager, Solomon Noi.

Emmanuel Ajaab imports used clothes from Australia but he despairs at the poor quality of the
clothes that arrive. From a bale of about 200 garments, he finds only seven he can resell at a
good price.

“In Europe and UK and Australia, America, they think Africa here, sorry to say, we are not like a
human being”, he tells Foreign Correspondent.

The dumped textiles also get swept up in the monsoonal rains and end up choking the city’s
waterways and beaches, posing a danger to fishermen and aquatic life. Liz Ricketts, who runs
an NGO campaigning for awareness of Ghana's textile waste crisis, lays the blame at the feet
of international fashion houses.

“Waste is a part of the business model of fashion. A lot of brands overproduce by up to 40 per
cent”, says Ricketts.

Noi begs the people who donate their clothes to think twice about where they end up.

“If they come here, like you've come, and you see the practicality for yourself, then they will
know that, no, we better take care of these things within our country and not to ship that
problem to cause problems to other people.”

About Foreign Correspondent:
Foreign Correspondent is the prime-time international public affairs program on Australia's national broadcaster, ABC-TV. We produce half-hour duration in-depth reports for broadcast across the ABC's television channels and digital platforms. Since 1992, our teams have journeyed to more than 170 countries to report on war, natural calamity and social and political upheaval – through the eyes of the people at the heart of it all.

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Why The Pope Should Not Ever Visit Africa Baka Omubo 62 Views • 4 years ago

#popefrancis #pope #african #popetour #christianity #islam
#pope
WHY WOULD AN AWAKENED AFRICANS WELCOME AND EMBRACE POPE FRANCIS WHOSE CATHOLIC RELIGION DESTROYS AFRICAN TRADITIONS AND CULTURE. THE AFRICAN CATHOLICS ARE YET TO RECEIVE A FORMAL APOLOGY FROM THE VISITING PONTIFF! Pope Francis Africa tour, into central Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, is not a surprise. The Pope is visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) just after the big signing of cobalt and copper mines to the US and the discovery of massive South Sudan oil fields. Pope Francis's recent visit to Africa has been a highly anticipated event, not only for African Catholics but for the entire continent. The Pope's tour of Central Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was originally cancelled due to security concerns, but was later rescheduled and took place with great success. During his visit, Pope Francis addressed various important issues facing the African continent, including the exploitation of African resources, the Catholic Church's role in the slave trade, and the need for ecumenism between Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.
One of the key themes of Pope Francis's visit to the DRC was the need for "hands off Africa." The Pope called for an end to the exploitation of African resources, particularly minerals and oil reserves, by outside powers. This message was especially relevant in the DRC, where the country's vast mineral wealth has long been exploited for the benefit of foreign interests, often to the detriment of the local population.
The Pope did not address the Catholic Church's role in the slave trade, particularly during the time of Pope Nicholas V and the papal bull "Dum Diversas." The Catholic Church has a long history of involvement in the Atlantic slave trade. Pope Francis's visit to Africa was a mere trick used as an opportunity not to acknowledge this dark chapter in the Church's history or to work towards reconciliation with the African people.
In addition to why the pope must never visit Africa again instead of an open apology for the ills of Abrahamic religions he instead addressed and highlighted the importance of ecumenism between different religious communities in Africa. He emphasized the need for cooperation and respect between Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the face of common challenges and for the betterment of all but left out African traditional religions. Pope Francis's visit to Africa has been widely covered by Catholic television and news outlets, further emphasizing the significance of the Pope's message and the impact of his visit. As the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church and the head of the Vatican City, Pope Francis holds a great deal of influence, and his visit to Africa has been an opportunity to bring attention to the important issues facing the continent and to promote a message of peace and justice. Let us remind all and Sundry What Levels of Evil this Pope represents and the shocking levels of our Ignorance when we embrace and Love Christianity, Judaism and Islam are European cultures.
Pope Francis's visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo and other African nations satisfies only 2 reasons which we highlight as the Why for Popes never to visit Africa. The significant level of hypocrisy is in the event that is highlighted in his message of "hands off Africa" and the call for ecumenism, Pope Francis has sent a clear message he is still sitting on the Dum Diversas throne. In conclusion, what Then must Africans do? We Must seriously begin to save ourselves from brainwashing by our enemies here on earth? – We thus Vigorously TEACH At Grass roots That Their beloved Pope sits on the throne of Dum Diversas which has Blood of our ancestors and even if the pope apologises can he remove Christianity from African minds? Or close all Churches in Africa? Yes, he is in cahoots with neo colonialists for African natural resources.
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References;
http://www.cadtm.org/spip.php?page=imprimer&id_article=18737
https://afrolegends.com/2023/0....2/03/the-pope-visits
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-49564397
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