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‘It’s like a death pit’: how Ghana became fast fashion’s dumping ground
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‘It’s like a death pit’: how Ghana became fast fashion’s dumping ground

‘It’s like a death pit’: how Ghana became fast fashion’s dumping ground. Yvette Yaa Konadu Tetteh’s epic swim down the River Volta highlights the damage done to the country’s waterways by an out-of-control trade in secondhand clothes from the global north, and why it’s time for change. It’s mid-morning on a sunny day, and Yvette...