1. Motor-powered fishing boat moored on Bui Lake, 2016

Description:

An outboard motor-powered fishing boat used by commercial fisherman on the newly formed Bui Lake. The Ewe families who fished the waters of the Black Volta River in this area before Bui Dam was built fished from small canoes. Those small boats are unsafe on the lake formed by Bui Dam because of the lake's unpredictable winds and waves. Fishing on the lake therefore requires access to capital that many local fishermen lack. Trees inundated by the rising lake waters are visible in the background. Two photos. Bui Lake, near Bongase, June, 2016.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Banda

Subjects:

Motor boats; Bui Lake

Subjects Facet:

Ewe (African people); Bui Dam (Ghana); Fishing

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

2016

Date searchable:

2016-06-18

Genre:

Digital image

Location(s):

Banda; Bongase; 8.251697, -2.287305

Sketchfab Uid:

Geographic Coordinates:

8.251697, -2.287305