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Lake Volta is also important for transportation, providing a waterway for both ferries and cargo watercraft. Since the huge lake lies in a tropical area, the water remains warm year-round naturally. Given good management, Lake Volta is the location of a vast population of fish and large fisheries.
In March 2019 its reporting on child labor in fishing communities of Lake Volta in Ghana [3] was criticized by the Ghanaian politician Betty Mensah and the academic Samuel Okyere, who said CNN ignored that many children become self-sufficient fishermen in adulthood and can thus be described as apprentices rather than slaves. [4]
Kwahu lies in the Eastern Region of Ghana, on the west shore of Lake Volta. The Kwahus share the Eastern Region with the Akyem and Akuapem , as well as the Adangbe-Krobos . Among Kwahu lands, a significant migrant population works as traders, farm-hands, fisherfolk, and caretakers in the fertile waterfront 'melting pot' of Afram plains .
"Troubled Waters" (2019) – Explores the fight against modern slavery in Ghana, where, according to estimates, over 20,000 kids are forced into slavery in the area of Lake Volta. The documentary shows a campaign to help children on the lake, which includes a testimony of a child dealer and a person who decided to sell their own child. [10]
Kete Krachi (formerly Kete Kratje) is a town and the capital of the Krachi West District in the Oti Region of Ghana, adjacent to Lake Volta. Kete-Krachi is connected by a ferry to the town of Kwadjokrom, and by road to Bimbila and Dambai. [2] The town has a population of 11,788 people. [1]
The port of Ada is located at the mouth of the Volta River. Ada people were sold and shipped to the Americas through this fort as slaves. The fort has almost disappeared into the sea and is half eroded, gradually washing the building that once used to be a prison into the ocean. [5]
The Assin Manso Slave River Site served as the place where slaves had their last bath on African soil before being marched down to the slave castles of Elmina and Cape Coast along the coast. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The site was referenced as the "great depot" through which the Asantes sent slaves to the coast and served as one of the largest eighteenth ...
Not My Life is a documentary film about human trafficking and contemporary slavery.It addresses many forms of slavery, [1] including the military use of children in Uganda, involuntary servitude in the United States, unfree labor in Ghana, forced begging and garbage picking in India, sex trafficking in Europe and Southeast Asia, and other kinds of child abuse.