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

Description:: A view looking northward on Ahenkro's main street. The paved road is bordered on either side by deep gutters. Electrical poles and wires run along one side of the street. A sign advertising MTN "Mobile Money" is placed roadside. Several motor vehicles are parked along the road. A bicycle is parked in the foreground. Ahenkro, June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16728
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Mobile phones; Kiosks; Electrical poles
Subjects Facet:: Roads; Villages; Electricity; Transportation; Streets
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-06
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.163448, -2.356326
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.163448, -2.356326

Description:: Bridge spanning the Tombԑ River near Sabiye on the road from Menji to Ahenkro, view to the south. Construction of a replacement bridge began in the 2010s but was stalled by 2016. As of 2019, this bridge remained the main connection to southern towns traveling from Banda. Two photos. Sabiye, 19 June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16824 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17188
Location(s) Facet:: Sabiye
Subjects:: Construction; Tombe River
Subjects Facet:: Rivers; Bridges; Roads
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):: Sabiye;8.063784, -2.355361
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.063784, -2.355361

Description:: View to the south on the old Bongase road, Banda hills to the right, roughly 3 km southwest of Bongase. The low area (ahead in the road) was inundated by flood waters as the lake formed behind Bui Dam after 2012. A bypass has been constructed and the road here now passable only by a narrow foot bridge. 18 June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19844; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-16817
Location(s) Facet:: Banda
Subjects:: Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Roads; Bridges; 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):: Banda;8.228428, -2.302427
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.228428, -2.302427

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

Description:: Construction of a new bridge to replace a long-used one over the Tombԑ River near Sabiye on the road from Menji to Ahenkro began in the 2010s. Its abutments are visible here, view to the north. Construction had stalled by 2016. Sabiye, 19 June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Sabiye
Subjects:: Tombe River
Subjects Facet:: Roads; Bridges; Rivers
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):: Sabiye;8.063784, -2.355361
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.063784, -2.355361

Description:: A no-trespassing sign posted by the Bui Power Authority along the paved Ahenkro-Bongase road several kilometers north of Ahenkro identifies "land under acquisition" by the Bui Power Authority (BPA). Electrical poles and wires run along the roadside. The large land parcel under acquisition by BPA has long been home to farms worked by families in Ahenkro and Bongase. These farms produce food for household consumption and cash crops, including cashew. View looking northward, Ahenkro-Bongase road, June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 2016-06-20
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro; Bongase
Subjects Facet:: Agriculture; Cash crops; Bui Dam (Ghana); Roads; Electrification
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Language:: English
Date searchable:: 2016
Date searchable:: 2016-06-20
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Language Facet:: English
Location(s):: Ahenkro; Bongase
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.198, -2.33472222

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