MUNTAKA CHASANT
PEOPLE & STORIES

Agbogbloshie Environmental Pollution Ghana Society

Men Recycle Heliax Coaxial Cables at Agbogbloshie

Burning heliax coaxial cables in the open to recover copper-clad steel release highly toxic chemicals into the environment.

Read More

Society

feature image

Acadja Atidza Black Mangroves Mangroves in Ghana Society

Mangroves in Ghana: Man Cuts Down Mangrove Trees To Construct Atidza Traps

Video and photos of a man transporting mangrove branches over the Densu River. Mangroves, also known as the Guardians of the Coast, provide incredibly important ecosystem services, including support for threatened species.

feature image

Agbogbloshie E-waste Ghana Society

Agbogbloshie E-waste: Electricity Meters, Transformers and Copper

Agbogbloshie is Ghana's largest e-waste graveyard. Even Ghana's electricity distribution company's energy meters end up there.

feature image

Ghana Korle Lagoon Livelihoods Society

Man Fishes In The Korle Lagoon Due To Plastic Pollution At Sea

The eastern tropical Atlantic ocean is filled with so much plastic debris that a poor Ghanaian fisherman had no choice but to remain ashore to fish in one of the most polluted water bodies on earth instead.

feature image

Environmental Pollution Korle Lagoon Livelihoods Plastic Pollution Society

Plastic Pollution in Ghana: Urban Trash Heroes

Urban poor men risk injury and drowning to swim in the heavily polluted Korle Lagoon — float alongside human remains sometimes — to recover recyclable plastics, which they sell for around $0.17 per kilo.

feature image

Agbogbloshie Ghana Society

Agbogbloshie Toxicity: Beef Cattle Ranching in Contaminated Environment

Photos: Ranching in an area once listed alongside Chernobyl and Norilsk. Beef from Agbogbloshie's contaminated environment is entering Ghana's food chain.

feature image

Climate Change Fish processing in Ghana Society Urban poverty

Fish Processing in Ghana: Trade-offs Between Livelihoods and Health risks

Fish processors in Ghana trade-off between their livelihoods and exposure to cancer-causing toxicants such as PAHs. Climate-related shocks, overfishing, and other human activities are also shaping the mobility of migrant fishers.

feature image

Agbogbloshie Ghana Society

Urban Outcasts: Children of Agbogbloshie

Urban poverty, children in toxic spaces, and hazardous child labour in video and photos.

All photos & text on Muntaka.com are copyrighted. Do not copy or reuse without permission.