The Roses of Agbogbloshie

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Thousands of kilometers apart Accra and London are linked by the lives of eight children in Agbobloshie a suburb of the Ghanaian capital that houses Africa's largest landfill for industrial electronic and technological waste. Their small yet powerful stories intertwine with that of Dr. Catherine Miller who studies the devastating health consequences of pollution on those forced to live amid the landfill and Nigel Tornton a London journalist whose discovery of this harsh reality shakes his long-held beliefs.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Amidst the poisoned daily existence of Kofi his sister Ana and their young friends Nigel's growing doubts and Catherine's compassionate dedication become symbols of awareness and commitment. Raw in its denunciation of an undeniable yet often ignored truth Laura Guercio delicately leads us through this stark and heartbreaking non-place-a world built on debris garbage and decay. And yet as the Italian singer Fabrizio de André once said even in the bleakest places flowers bloom.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>These are </span><em style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Roses of Agbobloshie</em><span style=background-color: rgba(249 249 249 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-the young protagonists of this tale of pain love and hope.</span></p>