Subject(s): ewe (african people) / Date: 2016 - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

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Description:: Standing on the edge of Bui Lake, northwest of Bongase. The lake waters rose behind Bui Dam after 2012, transforming local fishing practices. For generations local Ewe families used the type of canoe pictured here to fish on the Black Volta River. But these can only be used for near-shore fishing on Bui Lake because the lake's unpredictable winds and waves make them unsafe. Trees still stand in shallow waters along the lake's edge. Three photos. Bui Lake, near Bongase, 18 June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Bongase
Subjects:: Bui Lake; Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Landscapes; Ewe (African people); Canoes; Mountains
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-06-18 & 2016-06-20
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Bongase;8.251697, -2.287305
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.251697, -2.287305

Description:: A village of fishing families established by immigrant Ewe people on the margins of the newly formed Bui Lake, June, 2016. Many fishing families were drawn to Banda by opportunities created as Bui Lake formed behind the newly built Bui Dam. The villages consisted of tightly clustered houses, many with tarp roofs, located a short distance from the newly formed Bui Lake. Banda, June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Bui Lake
Subjects:: Bui Lake
Subjects Facet:: Bui Dam (Ghana); Fishing; Ewe (African people); Fishing villages
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):: Bui Lake;8.251697, -2.287305
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.251697, -2.287305

Description:: Canoes like this one were the boats long used by Ewe fishing families on the Black Volta River in this area. These can only be used for near-shore fishing on the newly formed Bui Lake because winds and waves on the open lake are dangerous to small boats. Visible in the lake are the trees inundated as lake waters rose behind Bui Dam. Bui Lake, near Bongase, June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Bongase
Subjects:: Bui Lake; Bui Dam
Subjects Facet:: Canoes; Fishing; Ewe (African people)
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):: Bongase;8.251697, -2.287305
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.251697, -2.287305

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
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.251697, -2.287305

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