Subject(s): fishing / Genre: digital image - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.251697, -2.287305

Description:: The Bui Hydroelectric Dam reduced the Black Volta River's downstream flow, exposing here the rocky river bed that was once home to a braided river channel. Fishing is no longer viable in these downstream areas. Here the river is viewed (looking southeast) from the newly constructed bridge that crosses the Black Volta River, a short distance downstream from the dam. Bui Dam site, 18 June, 2016.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17041
Location(s) Facet:: Dam Site
Subjects:: Vegetation
Subjects Facet:: Bui Dam (Ghana); Black Volta River; Fishing
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):: Dam Site;8.179543, -2.371213
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.179543, -2.371213

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
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.251697, -2.287305

Description:: A fleet of motor-powered fishing boats along the shore of Bui Lake, formed by flooding behind Bui Dam as waters rose from 2012. Winds and waves on the lake require use of these larger motor-powered boats compared to the smaller canoes from which people fished on the Black Volta River prior to dam construction. Large fishing nets lay bundled near the boats. Fishing with industrially made nets has largely replaced alternatives like fishing with basket traps that were an effective and sustainable practice used by local Ewe fishermen. Bui Lake, near Bongase, 16 July, 2022.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Bui Lake (near Bongase)
Subjects:: Men's work
Subjects Facet:: Landscapes; Fishing; Boats; Mountains; Canoes
Creator:: Allison Balabuch
Date searchable:: 2022
Date searchable:: 2022-07-16
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Bui Lake (near Bongase);8.250107, -2.285684
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.250107, -2.285684

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