Reporter''s notebook: Man vs machines in the gold mines …
2018-2-8 · The Observers Direct report on Cameroon''s artisanal miners. It''s called The Rafa Mine locally because "Rafa" – Raphaël Hamada – inherited it with his sister Calice when their father died, in accordance with local traditional law (droit coutumier).For more than 20 years, the family has mined the land for the gold ore that''s mixed in with the red clay.