Canoes of Ewe fisherman on the Black Volta River, 1982

The Ewe fishermen who supplied local and regional markets with freshwater fish from the Black Volta River traveled in locally made wooden canoes. Several are moored on the south bank of the river near the Dam Site settlement, a short distance downstream from the projected site of the Bui Dam. Dam Site, 7 October, 1982.

Creator

• Ann B. Stahl

Subject

• Fishing
• Canoes
• Ewe (African people)
• Black Volta River
• Rivers

Publisher

• University of Victoria Libraries

Identifier

• 7

Keyword

• Dam site

Date created

• 1982-10-07

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Geographic coverage

• Bui

Coordinates

• 8.232275, -2.205676

Provider

• Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Genre

• 35 mm slide

Date digitized

• 2016

Technical note

• Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Year

• 1982

Permalink

• http://iaff.library.uvic.ca/concern/iaff_works/caee375e-7a0f-4fa4-a7b4-a1fb29b55d67