Date: 1990 / Subject(s): bui dam (ghana) - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

Description:: A canoe belonging to an Ewe fishing community rests on the south bank of the Black Volta River near the Bui Dam site. Prior to the construction of Bui Dam, these canoes were used to ferry passengers between the north and south banks of the river and for fishing. Opposite, a path leads to the Ewe fishing community of Agbegikrom. The mountain behind formed part of the gorge where the Bui Dam was later built (from 2008). Dam Site settlement, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dam Site
Subjects:: Dam Site
Subjects Facet:: Bui Dam (Ghana); Canoes; Black Volta River; Mountains; Ewe (African people)
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Dam Site;8.274556, -2.234556
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.274556, -2.234556

Description:: The Black Volta River passes through a gorge in the Banda hills near Bui. This is the site where the Bui Dam was built with construction beginning in 2008. View from a canoe, mid river, looking west. Bui Dam site, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17048 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17006
Location(s) Facet:: Dam Site
Subjects:: Savanna woodland; Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Bui Dam (Ghana); Black Volta River; Mountains
Identifier:: 3
Creator:: Andrew Black
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Dam Site;8.274863, -2.233841
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.274863, -2.233841

Description:: At the Bui Dam site a path through riparian forest leading to the Black Volta River is lined with water level measurement poles. These were placed when Soviet engineers began construction of the dam under Nkrumah's government. Ann Stahl stands in white pants. Bui Dam site, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Dam Site
Subjects:: Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Bui Dam (Ghana); Riparian forests; Black Volta River
Creator:: Andrew Black
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Dam Site;8.277750, -2.236389
Date Digitized:: 2016
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Veronique Plante
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.277750, -2.236389

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