Modern Colonisation: Africa’s Bodies for Sale
Wangari Njuguna reports on a growing crisis that many call modern colonisation. Once, Africa’s minerals and land were plundered. Today, it is the bodies of Africa’s poor being harvested.
From young men lured by poverty to sell their kidneys for a few thousand dollars, to women discovering their organs stolen without consent, this is a trade that thrives on vulnerability and inequality. Recruiters are paid as little as $400, while recipients from around the world pay over $100,000 for the same kidney.
The result is a deadly imbalance: the poor left weaker and broken, the rich buying themselves longer lives. This investigation exposes how desperation and global demand have turned Africa into a body bank for the wealthy.
