Initial reactions: African boy in a refugee camp; Chicago junkyard; Child selling wires for profit; Poverty-stricken area; Area was industrialized; Developing country; Recycle or reuse the wires for "something".
1. Young boy in from a village in Ghana.
2. Our assumption is that the picture was taken in the last 5 years.
3. The picture was taken in Agbogbloshie, Ghana. Specifically, an e-waste dumping ground.
4. The picture is of a boy from Ghana burning wires to gain profit from the copper.
Upon finding the picture on the internet, we were led to a correlating website describing the e-waste situation in Ghana. The site is called, My Joy Online. The article, entitled "What you must know about e-waste dangers in Ghana," was written by Emmanuel K. Dogbevi. Upon searching the internet for information about this person, his background could not be obtained. Although his prolific Ghana knowledge, this information needs to be corroborated.
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Well, I came across this blog about e-waste in Ghana and it was making reference to an article I wrote on the subject.
I find a remark about me rather curious. The writer of the blog stated that they did an internet search about me and the issues I raised in my article, but found nothing corroborating.
These people who searched on the internet and found nothing about me and the issues I raised could at least have written to the site on which the article was published or even written to me, as I have my email address attached to the article.
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