Ghana was once hailed by the World Bank as a showcase for its policies. Today, after two decades of financial “discipline” the majority of Ghanaians are worse off than before. John Kampfner has been to Ghana tracing the roots of the growing protest movement.
Mary Agyekum breaks stones for a living. Small flint hammer in hand, she sits on the parched ground under the sun, chipping away at boulders.
Usually some of her six young children help her out. They take it in turns to go to school, because each day’s tuition costs money.
If she is lucky, Mary takes home 20,000 cedis a week – that’s ?2.
Source: GhanaWeb
