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Urban Outcasts: Children of Agbogbloshie Gallery

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February 17, 2020

Child labour: 12-year-old Twum is engaged in hazardous child labour at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. He uses his bare hands, stones, and hammers to break apart e-waste for the precious metals inside. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant

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Children of Agbogbloshie: Kwadwo
Kwadwo, 9 years old, at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Kwadwo
Kwadwo, 9 years old, has just recovered iron materials from an old television set at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Kwadwo
Kwadwo, 9 years old, using bare hands and stones to break apart old television set to recover the iron materials inside at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Kwadwo
Kwadwo, 9 years old, using bare hands and stones to break apart old television set to recover the iron materials inside at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Kwadwo
Kwadwo, 9 years old, using a stone to break apart an old television set to recover the iron materials inside at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Kwadwo
Kwadwo, 9 years old, using a hammer to break apart old television set to recover the iron materials inside at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Kwadwo
Kwadwo, 9 years old, using a hammer to break apart old television set to recover the iron materials inside at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Kwadwo
Kwadwo, 9 years old, using a hammer to break apart old television set to recover the iron materials inside at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Kwadwo
Kwadwo, 9 years old, cut while using bare hands to break apart old television set to recover the iron materials inside at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Malik, Adama and Twum
From left to right: Malik, Adama, and Twum. Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant

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Twum, at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Twum, at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Twum
Twum, 12 years old, smiling to the camera at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Yaw and Twum, at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Yaw, at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant

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Children of Agbogbloshie: A 12 years old boy
A 12 years old boy carrying old television set on his head at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. The TV was dismantled using a hammer to recover the iron materials inside. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: A 12 years old boy
A 12 years old boy carrying old television set on his head at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. The TV was dismantled using a hammer to recover the iron materials inside. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Adama
Junior Adama, 13 years old, injured and sitting on a TV plastic cover contemplating his life. Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Adama
Junior Adama, 13 years old, was cut by a broken CRT glass. Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Malik
Junior Adama, 13 years old, cut by a broken CRT glass at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Adama
Junior Adama, 13 years old, standing on a pile of broken CRT glass at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Adama
Junior Adama, 13 years old, was cut by a broken CRT glass. Adama had his wound dressed. Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Adama
Junior Adama, 13 years old, had his wound dressed. Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Adama
Junior Adama, 13 years old, at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Adama and Malik
Adama, 13 years old, and Malik, 14, at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Malik, Adama and Twum
From left to right: Malik, Adama, and Twum. Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Children of Agbogbloshie: Twum, Kwadwo, Yaw, Adama and Malik.
From left to right: Twum, Kwadwo, Yaw, Adama, Malik. Agbogbloshie, Ghana. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant

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