a galamsey is a local artisanal gold mining in ghana
galamsey mining gold msastellenbosch gold mining in ghana process by galamsay #183; Galamsey Wikipedia. A galamsey, derived from the phrase quot;gather them and sellquot;, is a local Ghanaian term which means illegal smallscale gold mining in Ghana, West Africa; such workers are known as galamseyers or orpailleurs in neighboring francophone nations.