Cocoa: a Bitter Reality - a podcast by Its a Continent

Chocolate is something we all know and love to consume. However, it’s no secret that cocoa as a commodity has its roots in something a lot more sinister. Human rights campaigners continue calling on global chocolate companies to recognise the role the cocoa trade has played in enabling poverty and child labour, particularly in countries such as Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana - West Africa's top cocoa producers. Does the continent remain, in the words of Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, locked in a colonial-style relationship with the world’s chocolate manufacturers?
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Sources for further reading:White Man's ““Burden”” and the New Colonialism in West African Cocoa Production - Bama Athreya
World Cocoa FoundationThe sweet spot: is ethical and affordable chocolate possible?
The Cocoa Industry and Child Labour - Elliot J. Schrage and Anthony P. EwingChild Labour and Slavery in the Chocolate Industry
Dispatches: Cadbury ExposedList of Ethical Chocolate Companies
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