Village women winnowing maize before processing or storage, Northern Ghana


Village house and compound, Mognori village showing vernacular architecture with patterned mud walls The house wall carving decoration helps prevent walls being washed away in wet season plus dictates status in village. The thatch on the dwellings is made from local grass and is used for roofing, fencing and walling. Village enterprise. An alternative livelihood project where village women have formed a Gari processing group to sell the Gari on to other communities for extra revenue.


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Location: Mognori village Northern Ghana West Africa, African
Photo credit: © GS International / Alamy / Afripics
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