Ganvie a stilt village in Lake Nokoué in Benin, West Africa. People live here from fishing on the lake. It's also called the Venice of Africa


A traditional village in Benin. In the old days the people in Ganvie run away from a king, they decided to live on the water to run away from the war. The warriors were afraid of water. That's were they live now for several centuries.


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Location: Ganvie
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