GOING FOR GOLD

Across Africa underground gold deposits have attracted thousands of young men looking to make a living from artisanal mining. This project looks at two artisanal gold mining sites, one in the dusty scrublands of northern Guinea, near the border with Mali, and the other in central Uganda. Conditions are tough and dangerous, and the rewards meagre, but amidst a chronic crisis of youth unemployment, thousands of young men and women from across the continent still flock to the mines in the hopes of striking it lucky.