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Ghana "Volta River Villages" Jay Dunn 24 images Created 27 Mar 2008

West Africa, Ghana, Ho, Titikope, 2007.
Countryside communities such as Titikope, a tiny Volta River village, receive little government money to invest in agrarian infrastructure, so traditional skills such as blacksmithing, basket weaving, and carpentry are in high demand to keep residents in good shape. The village gets by on local knowledge, making do with small-scale transactions and close relationships to survive. Industry is everywhere, but on a personal level, reliant on the resourcefulness of its citizens and the fertility of the land and water around it. -- More at www.jaydunn.org --
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. A calabash tree provides the village with many of its fruit. They are carved out, dried and painted to serve as containers.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. Newly-made river boats wait for painting by the side of the Volta. Ripe mango trees line the banks of this area.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007.  River shells are plentiful in this yard, high above the water and in the center of the village.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. A boy helping provide power at the village blacksmith shop takes a moment to rest.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. Traditional skills with  working metal make the village blacksmith an important member of this countryside community.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. Girls play on Sunday in the quiet space between village houses.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. Ghana's sub-tropical temperatures and warm breezes help a profusion of plant life thrive.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. Cross-river taxis ply their trade all day, taking passengers between Titikope and other Volta River villages..
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. Heavy seasonal rains spatter Southern Ghana's red earth on house walls.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. Children play on an idle farm vehicle. The majority of Ghanaians are involved in agriculture.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. A woman makes banku, or mashed cassava, which is a staple and takes many hours to prepare.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. The Ghanaian diet relies heavily on tropical crops like cassava, yams and rice. Women often spend much of the day in food preparation.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. Tropical flowers abound near the fertile river banks of the Volta.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. Bags of palm oil for cooking at home sit in a market vendor's stall. Village economies manage with small scale transactions..
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. Villagers relax under one of the many trees that provide shelter from the midday sun.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. The packed earth of this village yard is kept impeccably neat by the homeowners.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. A mother takes the long road up away from the Volta River and back toward her family home.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. Using traditional hand tools - saws, planes, and chisels, this village carpenter can make a finely-crafted door in one day.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. Children enjoy going through the groundnuts for sale before they go off to school.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. The Volta River is central in every way to the health and happiness of the nearby villages.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. Late March is the beginning of mango season along the Volta River, when thousands of trees yield their fruit.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. Children begin harvesting early-ripening mangos among the hundreds of trees that line the Volta River.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. For the children of Titikope, life near the river is a blessing in the heat that grips Ghana much of the time.
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  • Ghana, Adaklu, Titikope, 2007. Near the top of the water taxi landing, a shy village girl breaks out into a welcoming smile.
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