New census-based research shows Ghana’s policy must confront the quality of the homes people already occupy.
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In Agbogbloshie, Ghana, thousands of young women and men burn electronic waste to extract minerals at a cost to their health. They need more protection.
As cities grow, it would be better to have more efficient, higher-capacity transport than more vehicles on the road.
Annual temperatures are rising in Ghana’s capital, Accra.
Good data is essential for mapping trade networks
Many African abolitionists who fought and lost their lives in the struggle against slavery have gone unacknowledged.
What was once just a cultural moment has become a powerful economic engine of cultural tourism.
Wage workers in street food shops are among the most vulnerable category of workers in Ghana.
Accra’s flood resilience is very low.
Ghana’s cities pay little attention to the needs of walkers.
Development projects must be tailored to the context of the communities they are supposed to help.
Walking is a common way of getting around in most African cities
Ghana is experiencing record high temperatures and rainfall patterns have become inconsistent.
Street sales are a source of jobs, income and survival for the urban poor in Ghana.
Attitudes towards Kwame Nkrumah have shifted from veneration to confrontation and destruction and, finally, to more subtle forms of remembrance.
COVID-19-related support only reduced the negative impact of the pandemic on financial capital, and not on the other forms of capital
The city of Accra has no plan to tackle pedestrians’ behaviour.
Fire risk communication strategies must not only be supported by formal institutions such as government agencies but also be rooted in and sensitive to each market’s socio-cultural dynamics.
Too often, in discussions about tropical modernism, what African architects working in Africa were doing is overlooked. Their work matters.
The ban on noisemaking in Accra has been known to cause tension in the city.
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