{"id":254036,"date":"2024-11-21T14:36:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T14:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/21\/galamsey-has-left-our-river-deities-powerless-fetish-priest-laments\/"},"modified":"2024-11-21T14:36:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T14:36:15","slug":"galamsey-has-left-our-river-deities-powerless-fetish-priest-laments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/21\/galamsey-has-left-our-river-deities-powerless-fetish-priest-laments\/","title":{"rendered":"Galamsey has left our river deities powerless \u2013 Fetish Priest laments"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The harm to water bodies through illegal mining (galamsey) operations has left the majority of Ghana\u2019s river deities powerless. 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This is according to Okomfo Baffour Gyau, a member of the Fetish Priests Association of Ghana, based in the Abofrem community of the Ashanti region. 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