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An Ethnoarchaeological Analysis of Human Functional Dynamics in the Volta Basin of Ghana: Before and After the Akosombo Dam
The International Journal of African Historical Studies; 1/1/2005; Swanepoel, Natalie; 684 words;
... Basin of Ghana: Before and After the Akosombo Dam. By E. Kofi Agorsah. Mellen Studies ... change notably was the building of the Akosombo Dam, which resulted in the wholesale relocation ... including site distribution and site maps as well as photographs of sites, artifacts ... embedded in ...
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LIBERATING THE RIVERS: All the Wild Rivers.(three articles included; environmental effects of dams)(Statistical Data Included)
World Watch; 1/1/2001; Runyan, Curtis Roy, Arundhati McCully, Patrick; 6486 words;
... Thailand's Pak Mun resettlers are demanding that the dam be removed if project officials cannot restore their livelihoods. In Japan, groups that fought a dam on the Nagara River have begun a campaign to decommission the Nagara Estuary Dam. And the extensive people's movement in Latin America is ...
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Water, water, everywhere and not a drop in the dam!
New African; 7/1/2007; Duodu, Cameron; 1540 words;
... load-shedding caused by the fact that our Akosombo hydro-electric dam is not being fed with enough rainfall ... water everywhere, and ne'er a drop in our dam!" the Ancient Mariner would have cried ... read this item published by the Ghana News Agency: "The Ghana Institution of Engineers ... Sidebar] The ...
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The beautiful and the dammed. (dams)
The Economist (US); 3/28/1992; 2577 words;
To dam a mighty river is a breathtaking ... way to control water is to dam it. He could not have imagined ... first became an enthusiastic dam-builder in the 1930s. The Hoover dam on the Colorado River - now ... thirst for energy, kept the dam-builders busy for 50 years ... Kariba on the Zambesi, the ...
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Science: Plumbing the depths of insanity Once reservoirs and dams were the answer to pollution-free power. Now evidence shows greenhouse gases bubbling up from them at an alarming rate.
The Independent - London; 10/13/2000; Fred Pearce; 1471 words;
... Amazon rainforest is a billion-dollar boondoggle. The dam soars 50 metres above the trees. But much of the reservoir ... reservoir's backwaters for years before reaching the dam's hydroelectric turbines, which have a piffling generating ... Manaus. The depth of the insanity of this hydroelectric dam has only ...
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Accra seeks power supply solutions: Ghana's chronic shortage of power will adversely affect its growth targets this year and for the near future. However, a spate of new undertakings, some with Chinese assistance, should ease the situation over the next three to four years. Neil Ford reports.(GHANA)
African Business; 11/1/2007; Ford, Neil; 1070 words;
... 20 years. The development of the Akosombo Dam during the 1960s provided the country ... resulted in lower water levels at the Akosombo Dam and other hydroelectric dams, which ... day. The waters of the 1,020MW Akosombo dam are a massive 70 metres lower than ...
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The case for solar energy
New African; 11/1/2006; Duodu, Cameron; 1610 words;
... generates electricity from the Akosombo Dam) has begun to reduce the power ... because of a low water level at the Akosombo Dam. It is evident that the drought ... disruption on an enormous scale. The Akosombo Dam placed 3% of Ghana's land surface ...
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Escalating Conflict in Liberia Threatens Health of Millions Across West Africa, UNFPA Warns
U.S. Newswire; 6/9/2003; 811 words;
AKOSOMBO, Ghana, June 9 /U.S. Newswire ... adopted by the conference in Akosombo, a town on the edge of Akosombo Dam. "The number of women dying ... the entire subregion. The Akosombo statement was issued one ... territory. Last week's meeting in Akosombo included UNFPA ...
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Ghana
MapQuest.com; 9/16/1998; 102 words;
MapQuest.com 09-16-1998 Map of Ghana Accra Akosombo Dam Awaso Axim BENIN BURKINA FASO Bandama R. Bawku Berekum Bibiani Bight of Benin Bimbila Black Bole Bolgatanga Cape Coast Cape Three ...
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Shambles: Liberia. (civil war in Liberia)
The Economist (US); 9/24/1994; 668 words;
... September 12th the three main warlords signed a peace deal at Akosombo, in Ghana. Supposedly the three would rule jointly; in fact ... together on board a rickety pleasure boat moored by the Akosombo dam on Lake Volta. Cynics suggested his peace plan for Liberia ... up to condemn the deal. Warring factions ...
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Ghana: How the power shortage is being fought
New African; 10/1/2007; Anonymous; 744 words;
... Low level of water in the Akosombo Dam. The government plans to deal ... only one retrofitting of the Akosombo turbines in their 19-year ... source funding for the Bui Dam and work is due to start this ... The low level water in the Akosombo Dam is the main cause of the electricity ...
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Nkrumah surely must be turning in his grave
New African; 2/1/2002; Boateng, Osei; 4650 words;
... have heard of this. "Next morning, it was headline news. It was world news. President Eisenhower called me to the White House ... with a heavy expression on his face when he heard the news. He was absolutely devastated! James Moxon, presidential ...
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Ghana power crisis now critical: Ghana's acute shortage of power for both domestic and industrial users is reaching crisis point. Stephen Gyasi Jnr. reports from Accra on efforts to head off the looming blackout.(Energy)
African Business; 5/1/2007; Gyasi, Stephen; 654 words;
... investors in the energy sector. The Akosombo Dam was built by Ghana's first president ... problems associated with saving the Akosombo Dam, Ghana's chief source of power for ... from over. The water level in the dam has hit an all-time low from the ...
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Country on the march.(Country Profile: Ghana)(Ghana)
African Business; 12/1/1998; Gagakuma, Seterwo; 2297 words;
... hydro-electricity from Akosombo and Kpong has created ... provide the remainder. The Akosombo Dam which started generating ... generated by the first dam in Akosombo. The excess was sold ... hydro-power. The two dams in Akosombo and Kpong have a total ...
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The power behind Africa. (Cover Story: Special Report on Africa's Power Generation).(Cover Story)(Statistical Data Included)
African Business; 6/1/2002; Ford, Neil; 5163 words;
... long relied upon the giant Akosombo HEP plant, which is fed by the man made Volta Dam. However, over the past ... resulting in a fall in Akosombo's generating capacity from ... capacity at the Masinga Dam and it ordered the construction ...
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