Fires of Gold: Law, Spirit, and Sacrificial Labor in Ghana

Fires of Gold explores the Ghanaian gold mining industry in this detailed ethnography. Rosen argues that, outside of Ghana’s official democratic government, external actors also hold sway and a unique kind of shadow sovereignty over the lives and conflicts of those working in and around gold mining.

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PAW's October 2025 cover, featuring a photo of stuntman Kent De Mond ’07 with his back on fire.
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September 2025

Stuntman Kent De Mond ’07 is on fire; Endowment tax fallout; Pilot Michael Holl ’03 trains Qataris