Forced Labor in Ghana

Kete Krachi, Ghana is most definitely one of the most unfavorable places to grow up as a child. This is because of the labor being forced on children in the form of an indentured servant contract. Mark Kwadwo, a victim of the forced child labor is six years old, but resembles a two year old in the rags in which he is clad. The two older boys who work with him at the fishing village are indentured servants, sold into slavery by their parents in times of desperation. These boys do nothing but handle the fishing business and are deprived of the basic necessities, education and most importantly, freedom. When the boss took a temporarily leave, Mark stated, after making sure he was out of earshot, “I don’t like it here.”
This child slavery is not only taking place in Africa, but in the Middle East and India too. All over the world, children are being forced into jobs, including prostitution.
Issues of slavery repeat themselves through history and America learned that slavery is wrong during the time of the Civil War. However, before that, it was painstakingly brutal on most slaves in America. Most of the slaves in the South were forced to work long hours on the plantations in the hot sun, some even dying from the effort. The only thing different about these two events is the reason behind the brutal action. Slavery took place in the United States because people with white skin felt that they were superior to the black-skinned Africans. In Ghana, the problem is age. The adults are taking over the impressionable children and molding them into workers; taking advantage of the kids.

You can check out the article on child labor in Ghana here

This is a map that shows where Ghana is in Africa.

Article on African Slavery in America in wikipedia.