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A Dam for Africa - Akosombo Stories from Ghana (Hardcover)
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A Dam for Africa - Akosombo Stories from Ghana (Hardcover)
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Since its construction in the early 1960s, the hydroelectric
Akosombo Dam across the Volta River has exemplified the
possibilities and challenges of development in Ghana. Drawing upon
a wealth of sources, A Dam for Africa investigates contrasting
stories about how this dam has transformed a West African nation,
while providing a model for other African countries. The massive
Akosombo Dam is the keystone of the Volta River Project that
includes a large manmade lake 250 miles long, the VALCO aluminum
smelter, new cities and towns, a deep-sea harbor, and an electrical
grid. On the local level, Akosombo has meant access to electricity
for people in urban and industrial areas across southern Ghana. For
others, Akosombo inflicted tremendous social and environmental
costs. The dam altered the ecology of the Lower Volta, displaced
80,000 people in the Volta Basin, and affected the livelihoods of
hundreds of thousands of Ghanaians. In A Dam for Africa, Stephan
Miescher explores four intersecting narratives: Ghanaian debates
and aspirations about modernization in the context of
decolonization and Cold War; international efforts of the US
aluminum industry to benefit from Akosombo through cheap
electricity for their VALCO smelter; local stories of upheaval and
devastation in resettlement towns; and a nation-wide quest toward
electrification and energy justice during times of economic crises,
droughts, and climate change.
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