‘How to Do Nothing’ makes me reminisce on Ghana’s exploitation of natural resources by external powers. Advanced technologies used in capitalist production and refining of Ghana’s natural resources contribute to all forms of colonial systems of pollution in Ghana. For example, local industries, in partnership with foreign powers, adopt technologies that produce toxic byproducts and wastes. Aside from the above, unauthorized illegal Chinese miners who use dubious means in gold mining have destroyed most of the lands in Ghana. Neocolonialism generates a modern idea of productivity that oppresses indigenous lands and resources. (92) [GKK-11]
[Odell, 2019]