“Galamsey is Personal” – Prof. Kwadwo Appiagye Atua Writes

“Glamastate” aka
“Galamstate” coined by Prof. Kwadwo Appiagye Atua is the Foundation of the “Galamsey is Personal” Hashtag Initiative

With organized labor in Ghana planning a national general strike on October 10, 2024, the need to address the environmental crisis caused by illegal mining (galamsey) is more pressing than ever.

The “Glamastate” aka
“Galamstate” initiative is the foundation of our campaign, underscoring that the fight against galamsey is personal for every Ghanaian.

Our vision is to unite Ghanaians and supporters to create personal hashtags, demonstrating to the Government of Ghana the number of people who care deeply about this issue. This initiative aims not only to raise awareness about the critical environmental dangers but also to show that citizens understand the severity of the damage caused to Ghana’s water bodies and natural resources.

We are calling on the Government of Ghana to declare a State of Emergency on Gold Mining. This decisive action is necessary to protect our nation’s survival, public safety, and security as illegal mining continues to harm our water, soil, and environment.

We also encourage every Ghanaian to craft a two-part slogan: one that highlights the dangers we face if no action is taken and the positive outcomes that could be achieved through intervention. So far, we’ve received 142 submissions, and we look forward to hearing from more of you!

1. Toxic rivers, Bleeding Gold
2. Poison Gold, Killer Gold
3. Sorrowful Gold, Undrinkable Water
4. Poison Water, Blood Gold
5. Ghana’s Blood Gold?
6. Greed is killing us
7. Is this worth it?
8. Toxic rivers, Guilty Gold
9. Ghana the Murderland
10. Ghana’s Bleeding Gold🩸
11. Ghana choose minerals and wealth or funerals and deaths
12. Topic waters, Bleeding Gold
13. Gold Greed Murders Nation!
14. Gold Greed Murders Ghana
15. toxic rivers, guilty gold, Ghana the murdaland
16. Galamsayandclimate
17. Savethefishstopgalamsay
18. Save the fish
19. StopGalamsay
20. Lifeorgold
21. GhanaenemytoSDG
22. Poison water, is the Gold worth it?
23. Greedgoldtoxicrivers
24. Galamsey kills
25. Kill galamseynow
26. Stop the poison
27. ill gotten wealth stinks
28. Sink the traitor, now
29. We live to survive it
30. Toxic Rivers Bleeding Gold
31. Poison Gold Killer Water
32. Sorrowful Gold Undrinkable Water
33. Blood Gold Poison Water
34. Ghana’s Blood Gold
35. Greed Is Killing Us
36. Is This Worth It Ghana
37. Toxic Rivers, Guilty Gold
38. Save Ghana From Blood Gold
39. A dying nation by our own action’s, and inactions
40. Death or Gold? It’s a choice to make as a nation
41. What is Gold without life?
42. Who sold Ghana and did not collect the price”, we are sold for free
43. Nanapresidentofgalamsay
44. ImpreachNanaufailedGH
45. ghana’sgoldBlessingorCurse
46. stopgalamseyLordsSaveGhanaNow
47. God’s Gold must not destroy God’s creatures.
48. Give us clean water or give us death
49. #DyingofMining
50. Gold, the killer of our time
51. EndillegalMiningNow
52. LiveBiggerThanGold
53. protectourland4ourchildren
54. Goldbuthungrycommunities
55. GoldbutThirstyCommunities
56. FoodNotGold
57. LifeNotGold
58. Our ancestors fought for our land
59. Let us fight for our environment
60. Mother Earth is bleeding in our hands
61. Our waters are bleeding

62.#GoldTodayGoneTomorrow

63. GoldOverLife
64. DyingForGold
65. #NoWaterNoFuture

66.#GoldKillsGhana

67.#StopTheGoldCurse

68.#OurGoldOurGrave

69.#GhanaIsBleeding

70.#GoldPollutesLives

71.#GreedGutsGhana

72.#RiversOfGoldToxic

73.#ToxicGoldToxicFuture

74.#GoldMiningOurDemise

75.#GhanaDrownsInGold

76.#GoldPollutionKills

77. WaterNotGold
78. #GoldStealingOurFuture

79.#MiningDeathInGhana

80. GoldAtWhatCost
81. GhanaNeedsCleanWater
82. SaveOurRiversSaveOurLives
83. GoldPoisoningOurLand
84. MiningDestroysGhana
85. GhanaSuffersFromGoldGreed
86. GoldOrLifeChoose
87. GoldIsOurPoison
88. ExploitWater4GoldNow, DeficitTomorrow’sNaturalResources4ever
89. #OurRiversNeedTheirPride&BeautyBack

90.#OurGenerationNeedsthePrideinOurWaterBodies

91. Greed4GoldNow,#Bleed4PotableWaterTomorrow
92. Water4GoldNow
93. Gold4PotableWaterTomorrow
94. ExploittheWatersNow,DepletetheWatersForever
95. Dead land, Dead Future
96. StopGalamsayNow
97. StopGold, Love Nature
98. GhanaNeedStateOfEmergencyNow
99. SayNoToGalamsey
100. SaveOurWaterBodiesNow
101. SaveOurGenerationsNowFromGalamsey
102. ThinkGhanaFirstNotGalamsey
103. WeHaveNoFutureWithGalamsey-Ghana
104. AkufoAddo’sGovernmentIsEmptyHistory
105. YourPresidencyIsOnTheLine-NanaAddo
106. Bleeding Water Bodies
107. GoldMenaceGH
108. #Jema says , No Galamsey

109.# Jema says , No to Community Mining

110. BrownWateristheNew Gold
111. Let’s stop the senseless dirty, gold mining to save lives
112. Choose Nature, save lives
113. OurLandOurLife
114. Saveourforest
115. saveGhanawaterandenvironment
116. Saveourwaterand forestnow
117. Thirst4GoldNowThirsty4waterEternally
118. Ghana’s Blood Gold and Poison Water 💧 The Mark of The Beast 👿. Your Choice 🙏🏿
119. Waterforlife_GoldforGrave
120. ToxicWater_APosionedNation
121. #GoldRush_ANationalNightmare

122.#
LivesBetterThanGold

123. RedeemYourPresidency
124. GoldforFools….stop illegal Mining, Save Lives
125. SayNoToGalamsey
126. “Ignore the risk, lose it all. Act now, build a better tomorrow.”
127. GoldPoisoningOurFuture
128. Ghana, land of our death
129. SaveLives,StopGalamseyNow
130. GalamseyIsAGravryardForTheLivingBeing
131. Galamsey:”Ghana Amanehunu”. (Galamsey: The woes of Ghana.)
132. Sika Anibre s3e )man (Greed for money destroys nations)
133. Gyaegallamsey!
134. ShunGalamsey! SaveLife!
135. GalamseyAThreatToOurSurvival
136. StopGalamseyAndSaveOurLives
137. PoisonWaters4Livelihood, PotableWaters4Livelihood 138.HideousRivers, #TheBeautyofGHLandscapeRestored
138. Poisoned wealth, endangered species
139. Let’s kill galamsey because galamsey kills
140. Save our rivers to save our lives
141. # We can’t drink or eat gold🤲🏿