Subject(s): mountain / Location(s): kanka - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

Description:: A new road (the "4th Republic Road") connecting Kanka directly to Ahenkro and bypassing Kabruno was built in about 1993. The newly grated road is seen here from the north side of Kanka, looking northward toward Ahenkro, visible in the distance. June, 1994.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16822 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16804
Location(s) Facet:: Kanka
Subjects Facet:: Roads; Mountains; Landscapes
Identifier:: 9
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1994
Date searchable:: 1994-06
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Kanka;8.145431, -2.339167
Date Digitized:: 2016
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.145431, -2.339167

Description:: A new road (known in the 1990s as the 4th Republic Road) connected Kanka directly to Ahenkro, first as a grated road and, after completion of Bui Dam, as a paved road. Viewed here from the north edge of Kanka, looking northward, Ahenkro is visible in the distance. 18 June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16823 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16806
Location(s) Facet:: Kanka
Subjects:: Paving
Subjects Facet:: Rural electrification; Roads; Electric power distribution; Electricity; Mountains
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-06-18
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Kanka;8.156614, -2.358490
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.156614, -2.358490

Description:: Road leading into Ahenkro from the south with the Banda hills in the background. Two cell phone towers are visible on the south edge of town and electrical power lines run along the east side of the road. The new market building located on the south side of Ahenkro is visible at the point where the road curves in the distance. A motorized three-wheeled car and a motor cycle travel on the road ahead. Ahenkro, 19 June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16822 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16806
Location(s) Facet:: Kanka
Subjects:: Paving; Cell phone towers
Subjects Facet:: Rural electrification; Roads; Electric power distribution; Electricity; Mountains
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-06-19
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Kanka;8.156614, -2.358490
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.156614, -2.358490

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