MUNTAKA CHASANT
PEOPLE & STORIES
Child Labour: The 10-year-old boy pictured above is engaged in hazardous child labour on the bank of the Korle Lagoon. Copyright © Muntaka Chasant

On the Banks of the Korle Lagoon, Where Memories and Dreams Come Together

Child Labour
Korle Lagoon
Urban youth, poverty, and inequality in Ghana. Copyright © 2021 Muntaka Chasant

‘I’d Never Come if I knew Life in Accra was Going to be this Tough’

Poverty in Ghana
Urban Poverty
An infant smiles against her hopeless urban poor mother. Copyright © 2020 Muntaka Chasant.

Centering the Experiences of Urban Poor Women.

People
Society
Urban Poverty
Urban Poverty: Young men burn waste cables in the rain to reclaim copper at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. Many of them had escaped hunger and poverty in their villages to Accra in search of economic opportunities — only to end up in a harsh urban environment. © 2019 Muntaka Chasant

Rain and Fire

Agbogbloshie
Society
Urban Poverty
Child labour in Ghana photo.

Child Labour in Photos: Electronic Waste

Agbogbloshie
Child Labor
E-waste
People
Society
Child labour: A 15 years old boy (Emmanuel Osei) engaged in hazardous work sifts dirt from rusty nails and other small metals before selling them at around $0.15 per kilo at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. An estimated 152 children worldwide between 5 and 17 years are in child labour. 62% of all children in hazardous child labour are boys, according to ILO statistics. Copyright © 2020 Muntaka Chasant

Urbanization And Child Labour

Child Labor
Child Poverty
Society
Tokyo Street Photography: Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Near the Shibuya intersection, a scramble crossing in front of the Shibuya station. The Shibuya station is one of the busiest commuter rail stations in the world. The iconic Shibuya scramble crossing is often rated the busiest pedestrian crossing in the world, sometimes accommodating more than 2000 people at a time. © 2016 Muntaka Chasant

Tokyo Street Photography

Japan
Street Photography
Tokyo Street Photography
Travel
The Real Honno-ji Incident Spot in Kyoto, Japan. By Muntaka Chasant

Photo of The Real Honno-ji Incident Spot in Kyoto

History

Working In The Rain Photos

Agbogbloshie
Society