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One-armed bandits hit the savanna: Inside the Chinese-led gambling epidemic in rural Ghana

One-armed bandits hit the savanna: Inside the Chinese-led gambling epidemic in rural Ghana

When the machines arrived last winter, the villagers in Zamashegu were mesmerized. Then came the gambling. “For me what China is doing here is economic colonialism,” said Esther Armah, a prominent radio host and lecturer at Webster University in Accra. “Part of Ghana’s challenge is creating an economy that serves Ghanaians first and foremost. We don’t have that. We have an economy that first and foremost serves foreigners.” –LA Times/

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