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Ian Berry - Ghana. 2007.
Ghana. Cape Coast. Young boys work with the men in the shadow of the old Cape Coast slave castle. 2007
Ghana. Cape Coast. A slave cell in the old Cape Castle dungeons. 2007
Ghana. Cape Coast. A chain gang of slaves from an old manuscript in the Cape Coast museum. 2007
Ghana. Cape Coast. Fishermen still use child labour under the guns of the old slave fort. 2007
Ghana. Cape Coast. Children still work for the fishermen who have bought them, here under the shadow of the old slave fort. 2007
Ghana. Cape Coast. Fishermen under the shadow of the old slave fort. 2007
Ghana. Cape Coast. In the shadow of the old slave fort fisherman buy young boys from their parents to work without pay or schooling. 2007
Ghana. Cape Coast. In the shadow of the old slave fort, fishermen still buy young boys from their parents to work without pay or schooling. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Children bought by fishermen, repairing nets. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Fishermen and women bring ashore their catch on the banks of Lake Volta. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Children sold by their parents to fishermen working on Lake Volta. The children work long hours, are badly fed and get no schooling. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Children bought by fishermen work to repair nets on Lake Volta. 2007.
Ghana. Yeji. Children bought by fishermen from their parents, help to push the boat out on Lake Volta. 2007.
Ghana. Yeji. A fisherman with the children he has bought to work for him gives instructions before setting sail on Lake Volta. 2007.
Ghana. Yeji. Young boys launch the boat for the fisherman who has bought them onto Lake Volta. 2007.
Ghana. Yeji. Young children bought by a fisherman from their parents, working on repairing nets. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Children sold by their parents to fishermen work long days repairing nets on Lake Volta. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Woman official berates a fisherman for using too small nets and underage children on Lake Volta. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Two children carry their oars back to the house of the fisherman who has bought the children from their parents. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Young children set out to fish on Lake Volta. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Young boys bought by fishermen from their parents for the dexterity of their fingers. The children are obliged to work all day and do not go to s
Ghana. Yeji. Boy bought from his parents by a fisherman. The children work long hours, get no schooling and have "No time to play". 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Children work at folding the nets and repairing them with a razorblade (left). 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Children sold by their parents to fishermen spend long hours repairing the nets. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Children working for a fisherman get instructions from the fisherman's wife. In the foreground a boat decorated with the Stars and Stripes. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Children return from a fishing trip on Lake Volta. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. A fisherman with a young boy he has bought to work for him. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Children bought by the fisherman from their parents try to put up a tarpaulin to create shade. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Children bought from their parents by fishermen, work a long day, are badly fed and get no schooling. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Children bought from their parents to work for the fisherman eat leftovers in a bowl from the adults meal whilst the fisherman takes it easy. 200
Ghana. Yeji. A woman official checks the weight of a fisherman's catch on Lake Volta. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. A fisherman with children he has bought from their parents to work for him. They work long hours, are badly fed and get no schooling. 2007.
Ghana. Yeji. Fisherman with a boy he has bought from the boy's parents to work for him, on Lake Volta. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Small boy set the task by his fisherman owner to sort out the sail on the edge of Lake Volta. 2007
Ghana. Lake Volta. A boy and his fisherman owner cross the lake looking for fish. 2007
Ghana. Lake Volta. A relaxed ferry passenger silhouetted agaist a passing fishing canoe. 2007
Ghana. Lake Volta. Fishing on Lake Volta. 2007
Ghana. Lake Volta. Fishermen under sail pass a local ferry. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Children bought by fishermen from their parents work long hours and get no pay or schooling. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. One boy bails out the boat whilst the other hunts through their catch to find fish big enough to sell. 2007
Ghana. Salaga. A signboard reminding people of the former slave market. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Women fish traders wait on the beach for the fishing boats to return. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Small boy bought from his parents by a fisherman, working long hours for no pay or schooling, on the nets. 2007
Ghana. Yeji. Two small boys bring in their catch on the shores of Lake Volta. The boys have been bought from their parents by the fisherman and work long hour
Ghana. Yeji. Two young boys bring in their nets on the shores of Lake Volta. The boys bought from their parents by a fisherman work long hours without receivi
Ghana. Kete Krachi. George Achibrah (white cap) who tries to rescue children sold to fishermen and reunite them with their parents. 2007
Ghana. Kete Krachi. George Achibrah (left) attempting to persuade a fisherman to release these two boys. The fisherman has bought the boys from their parents
Ghana. Kete Krachi. George Achibrah tries to persuade a fisherman and his wife to release the small boy they have bought from the boy's parents to work for th
Ghana. Keti Krachi. George Achimbrah (centre) trying to persuade a fisherman and his wife to release the children they have bought from the children's parents
Ghana. Kete Krachi. George Achibrah tries to explain to children that they do not have to work for the fisherman who has bought them from their parents. 2007
Ghana. Kete Krachi. Lake Volta. George Achibrah berates a fisherman for employing young children (left) who the fisherman has bought from their parents, to w
Ghana. Kete Krachi. Lake Volta. Two children, bought from their parents by a fisherman to work without pay and no schooling, being addressed by George Achibr
Ghana. Kete Krachi. Lake Volta. George Achibrah argues with a fisherman who has bought this child from his parents to work for him for no pay or schooling. 2
Ghana. Kete Krachi. Lake Volta. George Achibrah criticises a fisherman's wife for using a child, bought from the boy's parents by the fisherman, to work for
Ghana. Kete Krachi. Children bought from their parents by fisherman working on the shore of Lake Volta. 2007
Ghana. Kete Krachi. George Achibrah (cap) visiting a fishing village to persuade fishermen not to buy children to work for them. 2007
Ghana. Kete Krachi. Children rescued from the fishermen are housed and fed by teacher George Achibrah and also receive schooling. 2007
Ghana. Kete Krachi. Teacher George Achibrah with some of the children he has rescued from the fishermen and who he is housing and educating at his own expense
Ghana. Kete Krachi. George Achibrah tries to find the fisherman who has bought this five year old to work for him. 2007
Ghana. Kete Krachi. Belgian, Paul van den Bosch who assists George Achibrah watched by three of the children rescued from fishermen, as he works on the websit
Ghana. Salaga. A reminder of an old slave market. 2007
Ghana. Kete Kratchi. George Achibrah (hat) tries to explain to fisherman why he should not be employing such young boys (left) 2007
Ghana. Kete Krachi. Lake Volta. George Achibrah (cap) confronts an old fisherman who has bought children from their parents to work for him without pay or sc
Ghana. Kete Krachi. Lake Volta. George Achibrah (cap) remonstrates with fisherman (right) and his family for using children to work on their boats. The child
Ghana. Kete Krachi. George Achibrah remonstrates with a fisherman and his family for using small boys to work for them.
Ghana. Kete Krachi. George Achibrah helps a young boy unravel nets whilst on his rounds to persuade fishermen not to us child labour. The fishermen buy childr
Ghana. Kete Krachi. Lake Volta. George Achibrah tries to reason with fishermen who have bought these small children from their parents to work for no pay or
Ghana. Kete Krachi. George Achibrah on his rounds to try to stop fishermen from employing small boys found this five year old working. 2007
Ghana. Cape Coast. A fisherman and his young assistant sort the fish from the nets in the shadow of the
Ghana. Ekumkoano. A small boy whose parents sold him to a fisherman in the first place seems doubtful at the prospect of being reunited. 2007
Ghana. Cape Coast. Bold advertising for imported tomatoes which sell for less than the locally grown pro
GHANA. Women working in a quarry are obliged to carry heavy weights of stone on their heads. 2007
Ghana. Lady collecting eggs on a farm threatened by cheap chicken imports from Europe which are sold in t
Ghana. Many rice growing farmers have been forced to sell up and turn to labouring jobs in the face of ch
Ghana. Women working in a quarry for a pittance. 2007
Ghana. A woman who owns a tomato farm to produce for her shop complains that cheap imports will force her
Ghana. Hens being fed on a farm under threat by imports being sold in the market for less than local chic
Ghana. Cape Coast. Fishermen still use child labour under the guns of the old slave fort. 2007
Ghana. Cape Coast. Fishermen under the shadow of the old slave fort. 2007
Ghana. Accra. In an area of the city with no municipal water people are obliged to buy water frome someo
Ghana. Nr Accra. Farm labourers in the rice fields unable to work because of a broken water pump which t
Ghana. Accra. Unloading imported tomatoes and other goods at the market. 2007
Ghana. Cape Coast. A slave cell in the old Cape Castle dungeons. 2007
Ghana. Farm workers spraying a crop of tomatoes with insecticide, without the benefit of face masks. 2007
Ghana. Working in a quarry at 35C of heat, the women carry heavy rocks away on their heads. 2007
GHANA. 2007
Ghana. Lady who owns a tomato farm says she is going to sell up because she can't compete with cheaper im
Ghana. Nr Accra. A farm labourer preparing to spray tomato crops, decants the chemical into his tank wit
Ghana. Cape Coast. Small children work withe the adults to untangle the fishing nets in front of the old
Ghana. Cape Coast. A chain gang of slaves from an old manuscript in the Cape Coast museum. 2007
Ghana. Cape coast. Fisherman coming ashore with his nets on the beach in front of the old slave fort. 20
Ghana. Accra. Chickens imported from Holland and Britain being sold more cheaply in the market than can
England. London. Magnum photographer Paul Fusco at his Covent Garden opening. 2007
Ghana. A man who previously farmed rice is reduced to breaking stones in a quarry. He being unable to com
Ghana. Workers on a tomato farm at risk of losing their jobs because of cheap imports. 2007
England. London. Magnum photographer Paul Fusco at the opening of his Covent Garden exhibition. 2007
Ghana. Accra. In areas of the city with no municipal water people have to queue to buy water from a sing
Ghana. Accra. Woman checking out a large tin of imported tomatoes on a market stall. 2007
Ghana. Accra. In an area of the city without municipal water chidren queue to buy water from a solitary
Ghana. Ekumkoano. A ceremony to reunite children rescued by George Achibrah from fishermen who had bought the children from their parents. Some of he children...
Ghana. Ekumkoano. At a ceremony to reunite children sold to fishermen by their parents, this boy looks less than happy to be back with his mother. 2007
GHANA. Women working in a quarry for a pittance. 2007
Ghana. A lady who owns a tomato farm to produce produce for her own shop complains bitterly about cheap i
GHANA. Men in a quarry loading stones onto a lorry. Many of the men in the quarry are ex farmers driven ou
GHANA. Nr Accra. A rice farmer takes a break to get fresh water in the 35C heat. 2007
GHANA. Accra. In an area with no municipal water residents are obliged to queue for long periods and then
Ghana. Cape Coast. Children working with the men to untangle the fishing nets. 2007
Ghana. Hens being fed on a farm under threat by imports being sold in the market for less than local chic
GHANA. In a local market a tin of imported tomatoes sits on sale next to home grown tomatoes. 2007
Ghana. A bag of imported rice from America on offer at a market stall. 2007
Ghana. Ekumkoano. Small boys having been rescued from fishermen arrive by bus to participate in a ceremony reuniting them with their parents. 2007
GHANA. Cape Coast. In the shadow of the old slave fort, fishermen still buy young boys from their parents to work without pay or schooling. 2007
Africa. Ghana. A quarry workers rests his hammer on his shoulders. 2007
Ghana. Accra. In an area with no municipal water residents are obliged to queue for long periods and the
Ghana. Accra. In an area with no municipal water, people queue to buy water from a solitary tap. One gir
GHANA. Many of the workers in this quarry are farmers forced off the land by imports cheaper than they can
Ghana. Workers on a tomato farm at risk of losing their jobs because of cheap imports. 2007
Ghana. Rock breaking in a quarry without even rudimentary safety clothing. 2007
Ghana. Accra. Because in this part of the city there is no municipal water, children walk long distances
Ghana. Cape Coast. Fishermen working in the shadow of the old slave fort. 2007
Ghana. Cape Coast. Fisherman sorting their nets under the cannons of the old slave fort. 2007
Ghana. Many of the labourers in this quarry are ex-farmers driven off the land by cheap imports of rice a
Ghana. Ekumkoano. At a ceremony to reunite boys with the parents who had sold them to fishermen, this boy broke into tears whilst his father was being intervi
Ghana. Accra. Women and children queue in 35C heat to buy water next to a drain. 2007
Ghana. Accra. A street trader (left) trying to sell T shirts to passers by, next to an advertising hoard
Ghana. Workers on a tomato farm who are struggling to compete with cheap imports. 2007
Ghana. Accra. Women queue to buy water next to an open drain. 2007
Ghana. Ekumkoano. At a ceremony to reunite children with the parents who had sold them to fishermen, some children seemed underwhelmed to be back with their p
Ghana. Nr Accra.
Ghana. Farm worker spraying tomatoes with insecticide without the benefit of a face mask or gloves. 2007
Ghana. This man obliged to sell his farm as unable to compete with foreign imports, now reduced to breaki
Ghana. Nr Accra. Bycle in rice field. No work possible because pump out of action. 2007
Ghana. Accra. On sale in the market, American and Thai rice, also Italian cooking oil. 2007
Ghana. Accra. Italian tomatoes being unloaded in the market. 2007
Ghana. Nr Accra. A rice farmer takes a break to get fresh water in the 35C heat. 2007
Ghana. Women working in a quarry are obliged to carry heavy weights of stone on their heads. 2007
GHANA. 2007
Ghana. Ekumkoano. Bemused small boys rescued from fishermen and having spent a period in a hostel run by the IOM arrive for a ceremony to return them to their
Ghana. Accra. In an area with no municipal water, residents are obliged to buy water from someone who ow
Ghana. Accra. Advertising for Italian imported tomatoes. 2007
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