Fishing Teamwork
Fishermen from Ghana introduce a unique fishing method to coastal Benin.
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Mopti and Downstream on the Niger
These handmade wooden vessels chug up and down the Niger river with loads of rice, millet, cement, flour, gasoline, or just about anything that’s needed further inland. The boat was staffed with two drivers, a captain, a handyman, an engine operator, and two cook girls.
Ganvié
Travelers often label Ganvie the “Venice of Africa”. The Tofinu people settled this village 300-400 years ago to escape conflict with Fon warriors. Because the Fon feared travelling over water, the Tofinu built their homes on stilts above Lake Nokoue. Today 30,000 people live in Ganvie, subsiding mostly on fishing and fish farming, but all [...]
The Pulaku Project
