On west Africas Atlantic coast the former british colony of ghana became infamous for its involvement in the Transatlantic Slave Trade and also for its abundant reserves of gold which is why the english called it the gold coast. The country is rich in role materials such as oil which was recently discovered in the region and above all culture. Gone is the worlds 2nd biggest producer of coto despite the plentiful resources they rarely benefit god names themselves. Resourcefulness has become a necessity for some people white gold has replaced yellow theyre not aiming to get rich the many trying to survive. Garner means warrior king a fitting name that reflects the strength and resilience of its people. But i want to buy a whole basket. They face a new battle every day. At dawn on lake volta the launches started fishel reservoir in the wild water taxis pulled up to the banks. 3 times a week a transport isolated villages to the big markets in the town of top. This particular account seems to sense the getting on the boat isnt going to be an easy tox. Like and im going to sell my car at the market you know that way to get there risky for the car but ive got no choice but. Let. Me tell would have on down to be appreciated a ram but a ride in the fresh air is bound to comment on. The next set of the boats may be primitive but they are vital for the regions economy without them thomas would be trapped on that island speech. Last. Night. To let you know. That was that i got out. To the man my basket so he can bring it to me to lighten. It up. Was it like. That. Everyone gets on to such boats any way they can they have no choice the ferries are too big to dock at the small patches of land although few of the passengers know how to swim i mainly use the life jackets as power songs. But everythings fine the lake is like a mill pond. Where he watching the boats dropped josephs the captain gets as much onto it as he can. I write a lot though i dont know actually how many people and animals there are my counted for cows and for sheeps. What are the maximum is about 1015 comes and the maximum number of people i would say is 50 to 150. But its very dangerous. If were unlucky under storm its when were in the middle of the lake. Its really dangerous to drive. I. Offer a 2 hour journey the water taxi arrives at top a market for the animals getting also a boat is a much more pleasant experience and getting off. The passengers are badly off the boat 20 heads back i want to cross the lake. At the top the market the scent of spices mingles with the aroma of freshly fried fridges. Its hard to ignore the smell of petrol and fish. And if theres proper a sense one in particular is missing the center rived from a fruit found at every market stall the cocoa fruit it sent doesnt dom fold until it has been processed gone is the worlds 2nd biggest producer of coca hundreds of trucks transported across the country before its exported all over the well. Meaning but most locals like biko have never tasted it. All good point is believe they all because obama just. All get up if you comment like that google partly easier. To. Know but you going to see some of the ball. Go by but. Theyre juggling of all they do this in the middle the ball. And. The eco shuttles between dozens of warehouses along the road. He wants for the state which buys almost all of the coca produced by the regions pharmacist. Who more. d commonly kilos there is by about. 65 years into the system but lives. With. Cocoa sales represent 10 percent of ghanas Gross Domestic Product but the locals rarely see any of the profits and that day to day lives there. Well i think. Theres a. The road leading to the warehouse is a run down. Ready to go because there is a loading the load in the guard to various places if you want to get to a dime and there would have been because of. You would like to see if you dont do good jobs. Lost big look like you 2 cars fighting the guy. Its a fish or cycle if hes late delivering the load he will lose part of his salary. In the heart of the forest the coco harvesters have to get a move on. I did. Of the season is coming to an end i need to gather the remaining parts the fruit that contains the cocoa beans before they rot in the trades the. Moment chain could do the work as well as these men can but harvesting is an arduous task. They extract from polyps with machetes which i nicknamed go to help us. Through. That. Every day. Is the pride if this country. Boy this is the i mean. Im going to cali its the best quality. Other countries produce cocoa. But its just not as good as in ghana where you got that were not just from here the cocoa will go to. Trial i do background and i want to there it will have to europe measure up but i dont know what its final destination with me like this and i think were right. Oh. Around 15 families from the cocoa trees in this small forest but in the past few years production levels have dropped. The single crop funding at coca has sucked all the nutrients out of the soil the trees a growing old and theres no money to replace them nowadays every penny counts. The farm is situated close to the border with togo geoff sells his cocoa beans to whichever country bids highest. And to remember that then he says the border with total is around a kilometer from there its just you know some december togo was paying one euro 0. 37 a kilo gone it was paying one euro 16 friend but at the end of the month togo that price had dropped to 1. 00 euro. 22 and gone as promised rose so it was better still to go. On this is the feel of. The very very im going to load this onto a motorbike ill take a minute oh my god why you putting it on a motorbike undergoes theres no path theres no road just tracks. Theres a road suitable for cars and you. Are sure dangerous there are lots of accidents. By people normally the government should have built bridges but there are no bridges so if youre not careful youll have an accident and you dont think youre going to fall but when you do something on the up after its about them its about the effects. Youre going to get the trip to the town on these old motorbikes can be very risky broken arms or legs are common although jeffs team hasnt suffered any fatalities yet. And memri sadly maxwell was not so lucky he died in a car accident as he was delivering packs of cocoa beans to the town. His aunt precious is bringing his body back to the village in a coffin shaped like a coke ipod as a gesture of honor. Funerals in ghana the fall from mulberry to fast. Death new seen last as an end as the gateway to eternal life it is cause for celebration. And believe in the often life its important for families to express love and respect for the deceased to ease their journey to the other side. Sometimes burials a larger faster just like the one today. That attack. The whole village is taking. The women prepare a traditional dish of corned topped with a spicy sauce. May seem shocking to some the body is dressed in finery and put on display before it is placed back in the coffin. Was dead. Long. Family firmly believes that he has simply moved on to another life in one form or another he will be more powerful than those still living so each of them comes to talk to him to win his favor ive. Got a safe journey youll be reunited with your brother. And then youll be reunited with everyone there youll be welcomed with open arms. No child will you do in your next life. You know after all i did for you you left me. By the way if thats true then. Everybody that he faces. Serious thinking. Or not they will have to believe. That this is a young guy. And how people want them to me. Because you cant stand. This person for 4 months his time he paid the equivalent of 300 euros for the conference and i know most some people here. Discount some schoolchildren give him a final sendoff. That off in a sense. Because the financial before and i never would have that i might find out in that found. By the whole. I might try to go one step without mentioning them but what if that hardly were they arent. After a 2 hour long ceremony the coffin is taken to the cemetery. Cut. Out the. Part up to get into. The Polling Company to maxwells final resting place where his coffin is again and welcomed with scenes of joy so he can begin his new life in happiness. I. Think. Through the combination of the hatch chanting and incessant beating of drums the burial of precious his nephew is a frenzied affair. Its the wrong way to turn him this way. On the plantation away from the chaos of the burial jeff and his men head off to town to sell some of their last remaining bags of coke. The 10 men are transporting 650 kilos of cocoa beans. None of them have a drivers license in any case navigating through the bush isnt something taught in driving school. Its a 50 kilometer long journey and all the drivers are alert they want to survive this journey. 2 hours across rough terrain take a toll on their old motorbikes. Fit enough. To live theres a guy got to live your shift broken because the road is so bumpy. Im gonna go out i can a can jaska. American such bad shape it broke loose ever cuz i got to step on the sun on through this roof is thats just the kind of thing we have to put up with your shoes on the average resident on the. Motorbike is back on the road they will have to put some of their profits from selling the cocoa towards the repair. The group is hoping to on around 100. 00 euros which would make 10 euros passion. Theyve reached the final hurdle but its not an easy one Quality Control carried out by the uncompromising joseph who buys cocoa for the government hes the one who sets the prices. Messy. I want to take the google. If theyre going to exclude it least i can buy it if theyre going to look good they dont always not that i have to date. Today joseph appears to be very satisfied with the quality he pays jav scheme 200 euro 100 more than they were hoping for. With its massive deposits of minerals and oil ghana could be very rich but its economy still relies mainly on farming and fishing. Making a living in these sectors is far from easy many call. On higher powers to help them get by. To get out of the lord we have come to our place of work this morning make your blood fall upon us and protect them said it was lord may you destroy part of evil spirits from india im a. Hero herds over their. Budget my god will cast our heads over there where the birds are iraq. Oh i was also out of here in direct competition with other boats im out so we have to cast our nets before they do. That there are naga i do got out. To him one of them has already started fishing oh theyre talking their nets too hard. Theyre too desperate. The crew had better hurry and 200000 boats are all competing off the conning coast as a consequence fish stocks have steadily 25 the years. Who look to. The one. Who no longer look at well who are holding. Now the low level robot to go get a move on. You dont want to return home empty handed. You want to keep going go out if you dont work you wont get paid about about. It at emmanuel thats the quartermaster otherwise known as the head of the crew his job is to keep his men motivated. The largest was i really. Never really wrote about the part that your. Lover oh. Oh. Yeah anybody looking. For. A really long. Were no no no let me be. Very up so we have time to recast the net once more. Were out of well go. Fishing one make peace man millionaires have court around 100. 00 kilos at the most mainly just small fish. The methods of some captains who use dynamite and pastor sites to town quick profits have forced bigger fish to retreat to deeper waters. Long. Beach dozens of women keeping an eye on the horizon. But theyre not waiting for the hospitals to return from see. Their fishmongers. Men and. I mean that i feel uniquely left home in the morning and gather here to wait for the fishermen to come back its the only work we can do to feed ourselves it also means i can send my children to school in a minute that means. But on your news. Theyre bound to be disappointed none of the 15 votes separate times with an impressive. Clip of fishmongers begins because there isnt enough fish to go around. I want to buy the whole basket. I want to basket for 2 i do i want fish and i want some smelt. What surprised me sending them for. Oh. I love you love. We always haggle when we buy one the fisherman give us a price and we negotiate and if they say 100. 00 races just 15 out they say 200. 00 we said a 100 where that is the. Absolute what it is that goes to it filling up i should go ahead fill it up to the brim and. Im going to smoke some of them and the others will be salted and dried in the sun or well then sell them at the market. A lot of i mean for. Smoking and salting the fish prevents it from having to be refrigerated fishmongers can preserve it in this way for a week maybe more. Thats why sometimes finally important in africa ghana has enjoyed a good reputation for its salt since the 8. Century. Drivers who transport and those who transport some wont chant the same treacherous routes things. Gone a socalled white gold is in demand and sold across the african continent. It was. A little slow but. I want to load up 2000 bags of socks. 50 times he said i keep a close eye on because you know because of hers yaba something about how missing i have to replace in the south side of the aisle. What i might. Go did you see its a dangerous trip but sometimes robbers jump onto the truck and steal the good of the roads bump and you have to slow down there and climb out of the truck and it kind of did. But george has no choice he has to drive slowly on these poorly maintained roads. And. George is taking his delivery eastwards to 2200 kilometers he and his truck have been dancing to the rhythm of the potholes as he puts it. Comes to you only a bike or a dancing at a party because of the growth and what you saw how i was dancing at the wheel become i discovered that this is what i meant led to thats because. Roads are so badly damaged dont you rocco you and i think. Most coastal residents make a living from salt production. Not that good everywhere you look at our salt even when the women take them down into the ground they find salty about it but that. Salt is one of the rare edible Minerals Found in abundance its an unlimited resource that helps People Living on the coast to survive. Just because theres a lot of it doesnt mean its easy to harvest. Kids the men who delegate and share out the work and its us women who have to dig for the salt weve done were told on your on the men avoid doing it themselves because its hard work in the morning when you are not done youre no work with there are. Also its us women who have to do it. You know. My mom. If you get an assault with your bare hands to get covered and so were all go oh. And i took off our thats why mine are in such a bad state by use this tool to hope that that gets me out of the wood and nails to break down the salt crystals. That much ive worked collecting salt for 20 years its a really tough job. You know one of. Them oh yeah i have awful aches and pains i have a bad back when im i like that but. My feet are crack down hard. On i. Want. To try to toggle they are ruthless. I want that theyre fed up i want nice looking cells to be able to resell it i have to spread it out and examine it. If it doesnt look good i wont be able to sell it for the best trust. And you know i cant be mixed up with any sound. Good when its windy the sand mixes with the salt. No i will know. How it is when he. Said i saw it for 200. 00 no thats too much that how much would you pay for it ill give me a 100. 00 say to you all the money no no do you owe 1. 00 ideal oh yes. Come on please. Im not compromising. My song just nice and white its one but times are hard people just on by anymore ill take it for one joy but not this. 120 isnt enough. Oh no. Oh not yesterday someone bought it for 159 line oh why you dont agree ill go buy somewhere else ok all right im happy today my children and i will be able to eat will have 1st omics fine. She bought everything off me and i have money to count up. Heres the money. Thank you for buying my salt may god bless you and protect you on your journey back. Into. The equivalent of 21 europes the money will last and her 2 children a week any animal she can catch a supplement to their meals. This is my house its where i live well my riches are here. A demo will i make everything myself with my own hands these buckets are mine. Where i can find secrets to one side for a funeral as. We look at that now we shall. Now show that there are. Only hands or damage from the hard work i do dos. Is starting to look like the hands of a liberal. But your heart always tries to keep a smile on my face im also she says is you cant wear down an x. By slicing for nonis. In other words anything is possible with a bit or will power and not something that can names appear to have an ample supply no matter how obvious the task. George and his are systems have now been sitting in that truck for hours. But i like my job. I was just going to do it on. My desktop going to drive. My car going to driving since i was young. When i was 12 i could already drive been the gonna mccain a fossil i recall just molly nigeria easy area. All these years of driving have taught george patience lots of it especially when it comes to crossing borders. About this that we have to go and check in. George and his assistant to arrive in a flower a town on the border with togo. To. Evolve it did that by the customs officers will check the goods and a condition that area they want to check their stuff hasnt caught often wont make people say you did it was that there. Was some level but. George takes his place among the hundreds of other trucks waiting to be inspected some of been stuck here for weeks the customs officers walk at their own pace as drivers wait patiently. Along it may take everything will get to where it needs to go just to get. Back into cocoa plantation jeff is also preparing to go to tokyo hes located much closer to the border and so is making the journey on foot. With the 50 look really good little you know. Something. These are the last few bags im going across the border and its m c if a for x. Thats like currency managed in the village i want to go to i needed that is that im taking the last few bags to say. This year the quality of the cocoa isnt good it will be spoiled or the rain that ruined all the cocoa thats a cool about. These cocoa beans and good enough to be sown took on a man by his blood in togo geoff names a trader who doesnt scrutinise goods to therapy. He. Said he loved the thunder much of the village is an hours walk away carrying the cocoa on our heads. This is when we arrive at the border well cross or dont head to the front. For the carriers its a far from gentle stroll take on around 30 kilos on that heads. So that once ive thought of this another little risk that marks the border that im in i have crossed the border but im not gonna do a go and now were in togo so obviously once you cross it youre into it with the world so no ive made it and i just see. Oil gold and other mineral results is could make ghana one of the worlds Fastest Growing economies. Instead of gone irans described their country as a sick child. Who has only recovered because of the tenacity of its workforce. Small minds can inspire big changes the people making a small bomb go africa fantastic. Join them as they set out to save the environment learn from one another and Work Together for a better future. Solid steel all but using it for good. In 30 minutes on d w. This is some dope story a stubborn rice farmer from thailand. His problem. Is crito no chemicals his wife thought he was crazy. And. Step in. Order. To. Dont stand a chance. Training successful. Duck academy. Starts july 27th. This is from the start of a new era for its time polls highest official. Leader for. The 1st time in more than 80 years the building opens for muslim friday prayers we have the latest on president other ones controversial decision to change the world famous monument back in 2
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