| Description | The book, borne out of years of detailed studies commissioned by Third World Network Africa (TWN Africa) on the environmental impact of gold mining in Obuasi in the Adansi West District of the Ashanti Region, is replete with issues that indict individual, corporate and governmental actions and inaction that destroy the very environment that sustains lives. Obuasi lies wholly within the concession of the Ashanti Goldfields Limited (now AngloGold Ashanti), and for more than 100 years, mining has been dominant.
The Glittering Facade is a follow up to a previous publication, “Boom and Dislocation”, that significantly contributed to changing public perception on the impact of the country’s gold mining industry on the people living in communities affected by mining. |