The Edge of Ghana
This series of images, published in the Ghanaian Times, was created during my time in Ghana while studying art and media at the University of Accra, Legon. Alongside my studies, I worked with families and street children to document the daily lives of people living outside the country’s major cities and throughout rural communities. The work explores themes of labor, resilience, childhood, and community through intimate moments of everyday life. The series later went on exhibition at The Union.
Three boys paddle down the Volta River, where a recently flooded dam has dramatically altered water levels and disrupted traditional fishing patterns.
Umbasso plays football in the street with friends while his mother works in a food stall up the road.
Kofi waits for his mother outside her market stand.
A young woman does a traditional dance outside the Chief palace in Jamestown, Ghana.
A street child comes up to the cars begging for food, water or money.
Day traders sell food and everyday needs to people who pass by the markets.
Samuel lives with friends after his parents recent death.
During a funeral protest a young man rides his motorcycle down the street, morning the death of his friend.
Two young boys wear traditional Islamic clothing ahead of the holiday Eid al-Adha.
A man uses his phone flashlight to see the walls of an abandoned slave holding dungeon.
On the eve of Eid al-Adha, cows are brought into the city to be sacrificed for the muslim holiday.
Men and women march down the streets in clothes of their tribes at the festival of El Mina.
Three young boys paddle around the Volta Lake fishing for Tilapia.
Samuel dries his tears after fighting with other boys in a slum outside Accra, Ghana.
Young boys play football in a cleared patch by a car lot in Ghana.
Samuel rest his head against his mother while she buys rice at the market.
Davids friend brushes sand off his face during a break in games.
A boy is sent by his mother to get food for the day at the markets in Ghana.