Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
It’s sweet, sugary…and scandalous? For many Americans, chocolate is connected to indulgence and pleasure. But human rights advocates say chocolate has a darker side. In West Africa scores of children are forced to harvest the cocoa beans that make our chocolate. A look at the issue of forced labor and the chocolate industry.
Guests
- Lowell Satre Author of "Chocolate on Trial: Slavery, Politics, and the Ethics of Business"
- Jolene Smith Executive Director, Free the Slaves
- Natacha Thys Associate General Counsel, International Labor Rights Fund
- Eliot Engel Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives (D-NY)
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