I recall watching this documentary a long time ago. The quality of the production was excellent, and I found it to be a very powerful presentation of a deeply disturbing matter, one which I accepted without question.
Now much older, and a little wiser, when I once again came across this documentary, I was curious to see what the reviews might be like on IMDb. When reading them, I took note of a passing comment that some "say it's staged and propangda (sic) or nonsense", but that in essence this not the case.
As many of us are well aware, we live in an era where it is becoming increasingly commonplace for truth to be warped in order to advance specific agendas, be it the dangers of Global Warming or COVID 19. It is thus, inadvisable to accept without question any of the claims made in documentaries such as these.
With this in mind, I set out to determine the credibility of "Welcome to Sodom". And it did not take long to locate a paper, by Martin Oteng-Ababio of the University of Ghana, criticizing the nature of such documentaries.
As I had suspected, might be the case, this documentary is not entirely accurate, and although well meaning, it is nonetheless guilty of sacrificing truth in favor of dramatization.
If you are interested in reading this well-referenced paper, it can be located by searching for "Dispelling common misconceptions to improve policy outlook in developing countries."
It is not a long read, consisting of only 15 pages, of which 12 contain the content, with the final 3 being a list of references. The meat of the matter, if you will, begins on page 5 where the myths surrounding Agbobgloshie are discussed and refuted.
"Lies will always cost more than telling the truth, no matter how much we may suffer for doing so."
