Entries tagged ‘Accra’
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A Daily Quest for Water in a City Running Dry
The ubiquitous “Gallon” water tank can be seen everywhere in Accra, a constant reminder of the city’s struggle to stay hydrated — and the failures of its political leaders.
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The Life of an Imaginary Girl, All Grown Up in the Year 2040
Her name is Amina, and in the year 2040 she’ll be 27 years old. In a Future Scenarios Workshop, residents of Accra imagine what kind of city she’ll live in.
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Tourist-Friendly Informality Doesn’t Always Tell the Whole Story
Along Accra’s Oxford Street, foreign visitors haggle with vendors and enjoy the “informal experience.” But in less-touristed areas, street vending means bribes, beatings and midnight demolitions.
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Underground Mp3 Trade Brings Music to Accra’s Ears
In a city where music is a way of life — but internet access is not — secretive mp3 sellers prowl city streets, providing dance-addicted Ghanaians their fix.
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Two Weeks in Photos
From street performers in Lima to volunteer ambulance squads in Bangkok, pictures taken by our bloggers on the streets of their cities.
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Grab-and-Go Culture Makes Phone Cards Accra’s New Cash Crop
If mobile phones transformed life in Accra, the telco industry might do it again, as hundreds of thousands of jobs selling phone cards put an army of salesmen on the urban street.
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Two Weeks in Photos
From the legal drug markets of Nairobi to the happy food trucks of Manila, our fortnightly round-up of photos from our bloggers.
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Where Your Old Cell Phone Is Turned Into Cash
A significant amount of the world’s electronic waste ends up here in Accra, where it forms a pillar of the informal economy. But the government is trying to change that.
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How a Savings Bank Became One Slum’s Line in the Sand
In Accra’s largest informal settlement, a credit association designed to upgrade the slum has become something much more: An impassioned weekly rally against government aggression.
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Two Weeks in Photos
Our fortnightly roundup of photos from our blogs, from street vendors in Bangkok to moto-taxi drivers in Accra.
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