Summary: The Case For Contamination

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This article “The Case for Contamination” is interesting, it talks about life in Kumasi, a small town in Ghana, making it revolve around Wednesday’s Festival Day where the king has his eyes on everyone and making life very hard for the unfortunate, and before this king arrived as throne of Ghana, everyone was taking calls on their cell phones and having quiet conversations with each other. There was also debate on poor and rich families either to be protected or to promote diversity. There is a same document to affirm the importance of the free flow of ideas and the freedom of thought and human rights. Appiah thinks the right approach on this issue is moral concern for one another either rich or poor, black or white.
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