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on west africa's atlantic coast the former british colony of ghana became infamous for its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and also for its abundant reserves of gold which is why the english called it the gold coast. the country is rich in role materials such as oil which was recently discovered in the region and above all coca. ghana is the world's 2nd biggest producer of cocoa despite the plentiful resources they rarely benefit got names themselves. resourcefulness has become a necessity for some people white gold has replaced yellow they're not aiming to get rich but many trying to survive. donna means warrior king a fitting name that reflects the strength and resilience of its peak. i want to buy

a whole bucket. they face a new battle every day. at dawn on lake volta the launches started fishel reservoir in the wild water taxis pulled up to the banks. 3 times a week a transport isolated villages to the big market in the town of top on. this particular county seems to sense the getting on the boat isn't going to be an easy task. like and i'm going to sell my car at the market the only way to. pay for the car but i've got no choice.

why let. the town would have gone down to be appreciated a ram but a ride in the fresh air is bound to calm it down. to the next day to. the boats maybe primitive but they are vital for the region's economy without the farmers would be trapped on that island speech. last. night. that was found. i doubt. that much give the man my basket so he can bring it to me . to lighten. it up

a little bit like. everyone gets on to such boats any way they can they have no choice the ferries had too big to dock at the small patches of land although few of the passengers know how to swim they mainly use the life jackets as power songs. but everything's fine the lake is like a mill pond. where really watching the boats draft josephs the captain gets as much onto it as he can. i write a lot of stuff i don't know actually how many people and animals there are my counted for cows and for sheeps.

what are the next moments about 1015 comes and the maximum number of people i would say is 50 to 150. but it's very dangerous. if we are unlucky under storm it's one more in the middle of the lake. that's really dangerous because. i. offer a 2 hour journey the water taxi arrives at top a market for the animals getting also a boat is a much more pleasant experience and getting off. a lot of. the passengers are barely off the boat when it heads back out across the.

at the top the market the center of spices mingles with the aroma of freshly fried freitas. still it's hard to ignore the smell of petrol and fish. and if there's pop array of sense one in particular is missing the center rived from a fruit found at every market stall the cocoa fruit at santa doesn't dom fold until it has been processed. ghana is the world's 2nd biggest producer of coca hundreds of trucks transported across the country before it's exported all over the well.

in most locals like a because i have never tasted it. we've all been point you believe the all become partners. to all get up if you come at work hard for me easier to eat. you. know but you're going to see some of that don't let me. go by i. don't know juggling of all they do is that every meal will be born. in. the eco shuttles between dozens of warehouses

along the road he wants for the state which binds almost all of the cocoa produced by the region's farmers. in. the lower. i mean a kilo as there is by about. 65 years into the system but this. one . kind of sounds represent 10 percent of ghana's gross domestic product but the locals rarely see any of the process. fits and that day to day lives. i'm well i think.

that is i. the roads leading to the warehouse is a rundown. ready to go because. the load and the guard use very hot springs if you want to get to a dime and there would have to be was a. good one to see it was going to got dug. out must be look like to cause why i think. it's a fisher cycle if i was late delivering the load he will lose part of his salary.

in the heart of the forest to calcutta harvesters have to get a move on. if i did. of the season is coming to an end i need to gather the remaining parts the fruit that contains the cocoa beans before they rot in the trades. when i wish ain could do the work as well as these men can but harvest is an arduous task. to extract them from halts with machetes which i nicknamed go to hell.

is the pride of this country. this is the i mean. i'm going to tell you the best quality. other countries produce cocoa. but it's just not as good as in ghana where you got. it from here the coke will go to our. government and once there it will have to europe but i don't know what its final destination will me like this and i thought you. were quite right. oh. my. around 15 families farm the cocoa trees in a small forest but in the past few years production levels have dropped.

to. the simple crop farming of coca has sucked all the nutrients out of the soil the trees are growing old and there's no money to replace them nowadays every penny. he counts. the family situated close to the border with togo jaf sells his kind of beans to which have a country based science. and to remember that the border with total is around a kilometer from there it's the this time december togo is paying one euro $0.37 a kilo gone i was paying one euro 16 friend but at the end of the month togo that price have dropped to $1.00 euro $22.00 and gone as prices rose so it was better sell for gun.

i'm going a little design to a motorbike i'll take a shot i mean i thought my god why are you putting it on a motorbike for your fun because there's no path there's no road just tracks. there's no road suitable for cars. well it looks. very dangerous there are lots of accidents. normally the government should have built bridges but there are no bridges so if you're not careful you'll have an accident and you don't think you're going to fall but when you do sometimes a number of factors are about the minutes about the effects. they're going to give you the trip to the town on these old motorbikes can be very risky broken arms or legs are common although jeff's team hasn't suffered any fatalities yet. and. sadly maxwell was not served lucky he died in

a car accident as he was delivering bags of cocoa beans to the town. his aunt precious is bringing his body back to the village in a coffin shaped like a coke ipod as a gesture of on a. funeral singing gonna fall from mulberry to fast yeah death is seen last an end as the gateway to eternal life this course of a celebration. believe in the often life it's important for families to express love and respect for the deceased to ease their journey to the other side. sometimes burials a larger fast just like the one today. that the whole village is taking part.

6 in the women prepare a traditional dish of corned topped with a spicy sauce. it may seem shocking to some the body is dressed in finery and put on display before it is placed back in the coffin. but that was dead.

long maxwell's family firmly believes that he has simply moved on to another life in one form or another he will be more powerful than those still living so each of them comes to talk to him to win his favor. safe journey you'll be reunited with your brother. you'll be reunited with everyone there you'll be welcomed with open arms. no child will you do in your next life. you know after all i did for you you left me. with nobody was 1 the 1st to the. remaining. friends then everybody back.

one up there was. a young. people want them to. pakistan. was preserved in a mall for 4 months his time he paid the equivalent of $300.00 euros for the cost and an enormous sum for people here. discount some schoolchildren give him a round final sendoff. that

often they send. because they find that the whole family and i never. had that i might find out that found. her by the whole. 7 summer. without mentioning them or have them not really.

true to our long ceremony the coffin is taken to the cemetary. i'm. fucked up. a passer a company to maxwell's final resting place where his coffin is again welcomed with scenes of joy so he can begin his new life in happiness. i. think.

through the combination of the chanting and incessant beating of drums the burial of ashes his nephew is a friends if. i . believe. it's the way turn him this way.

on the plantation away from the chaos of the burial jeff and his men head off to town to sell some of them last remaining packs of coke. the 10 men transporting 650 kilos of cocaine. none of them have a driver's license in any case navigating through the bush isn't something taught in driving school.

it's a 50 kilometer long journey and all the drivers are alert they want to survive based journey. 2 hours across rough terrain take a toll on the old motorbikes. over and. over and if there's a god of some broken because the road is so bumpy. cannick and you ask an.

american such bad shape it broke through several cars they got to step on the sand on through this if there is that's just the kind of thing we have wired up with your views on the atmosphere as a. motorbike is back on the road they will have to put some of their. profits from selling the cocoa towards the repair. the group is hoping to honor around $100.00 euros which would make 10 euros per pass and. they've reached the final hurdle but it's not an easy one quality control carried out by the uncompromising joseph who buys cocoa for the government he's the one who sets the prices. messy. i want the job. if the guy is good this i can buy it if you look good they don't always know what they have to date. today

joseph appears to be very satisfied with the quality he pays japs team 200 euros 100 more than they were hoping for. with its massive deposits of minerals and oil ghana could be very rich but its economy still relies mainly on farming and fishing. making a living in the sectors is far from easy many call on higher powers to help them get by. to get out of the lord we have come to our place of work this morning make your blood fall upon us and protect us lord may you destroy karma from evil spirits

i'm a. their earth is over there. i got them i got cancer and it's over there where the birds are all right now go. why don't i am i thought of here in direct competition with other boats i'm out so we have to cast our nets before they do. their own doctor i don't got out. of him one of them has already started fishing oh they're talking their nets too hard. they're too desperate. to send off. the crew had better hurry 200000 pounds are all competing off the carnation kind of

stuff as a consequence fish stocks have steadily 25 the years. who. look to. the one who. know nothing of the world who are who are. now the low level robot to go get a move on. you don't want to return home empty handed ringback. you want to keep going up don't want to if you don't work you won't get paid about about. it that emanuel is the quartermaster otherwise known as the head of the crew his job is to keep his men motivated. origin was as i really. never heard it will become a part of that yeah. i didn't love it i love. food

. actually the mother. of the young. that would know what i want to let me. know that i am not. already up so we have time to recast the net once more. fishing won't make these men millionaires of course around $100.00 kilos at the most mainly just small fish. the methods of some captains who use dynamite and pesticides to turn quick profits

and forced bigger fish to retreat to deeper waters. dozens of women are keeping an eye on the horizon. but they're not waiting for the hoskins to return from see. their fishmongers. left home in the morning and gather here to wait for the fishermen to come but it's the only work we can do to feed ourselves it also means i can send my children to school and i knew that he didn't use.

all. the bound to be disappointed none of the 15 votes separate times with an impressive whole. bottle of the fishmongers begins to. there isn't enough fish to go around. other than i want to buy the whole basket. i want to basket for 2 i doubt what fish and i want some smelt. what surprised me sending them for. oh. no money for them. we always have to go and we buy. the fishermen give us a price and we negotiate if they say $100.00 we suggest 15 out they say $200.00 we say 100 that is to. go.

after that what is that my basket you're filling up. go ahead fill it up to the brim and. i'm going to smoke some of them and the others will be sultan driving the sunda them up then i will sell them at the market. i mean for. smoking and salting the fish prevents it from having to be refrigerated fishmongers can preserve it in this way for a week maybe more. that's why salt is vitally important in africa ghana has enjoyed a good reputation for its salt since the 8th century. the drivers who transport cocoa and those who transport salt share the same treacherous

roads. gone is so cold white gold is in demand and sold across the african continent. oh oh. oh. oh oh oh. i want to load up 2000 bags of socks. 50 times i keep a close eye and you go yeah because of her see a problem something about i missing it i have to replace it. out of the love i get . what i might. go it's a dangerous trip sometimes robbers jump onto the truck and steal it good luck and

if the roads bump and you have to slow down there and climb out of the truck i did . but george has no choice he has to drive slowly on these poorly maintained roads. and. george is taking his delivery eastwards to the neve 200 kilometers he and his truck have been dancing to the rhythm of the potholes as he puts it. down comes the only like we're dancing at a party because of the growth at work i was dancing at the we only become i guess that it does if we're out a little that's because that roads are so badly damaged down to do what i'm doing and that did nothing.

most coastal residents make a living from salt production i've got but that that everywhere you look for salt even when the women you dig down into the ground they find sultan of oman about that but that. salt is one of the. and of all minerals found to an abundance it's an unlimited resource that helps people living on the coast to survive. because there's a lot of it doesn't mean it's easy to harvest. not it's the men who delegate and share out the work and it's us women who have to dig for the salt. that. we're told on your on the men avoid doing it themselves because it's hard work in the morning but no no don't you know work like there are you.

know i mean also it's us women who have to do it. you know. if you can do this all with your bare hands to get covered and so we're. all go all . in that file that's why mine are in such a bad state shut down by use this tool to hope that gets me out of the wood and nails to break down the salt crystals. that i've worked collecting salt for 20 years it's a really tough job. you know one of. them oh god i have awful leaks and pains i have a bad back when i'm i like that but. my feet are crack down hard. on

my. father's day the train. and they are ruthless. i want that they're fed up i want nice looking salt to be able to resell it don't have to spread it out and examine it so i thought if it doesn't look good i won't be able to sell it for the best price. and you know i can't be mixed up with any scent. so it was windy the sand mixes with the salt. but i will know. so it is funny. i said i'd sell it for $200.00

no that's too much that of how much would you pay for it i'll give me a $100.00 say to you all the money no no do you owe no deal oh yes. come on please. i'm not compromising. so my source is nice and white it's white but times are hard people just i'm guy anymore i'll take it for one today but not this. 120 isn't enough. so no matter what i do not yesterday someone wanted for 150 no line no one question if you don't agree i'll go buy somewhere else ok all right i'm happy today my children and i will be able to eat we'll have 1st comics flying. over she bought everything off me and i have money to count up how that here's the money thank you for buying my salt may god bless you and protect you on your journey back. to.

the equivalent of 21 europe's the money will last and her 2 children a week any animal she can catch a supplement to them eels. help a mighty about this is my house it's where i live all my riches are here. it's. a demo will i make everything myself with my own hands. these buckets are mine i don't have what i can give my secrets to one side for funerals. or actually we work i thought i.

learned. now sure. hands are damaged from the hard work i do but dos. is starting to look like the hands of a liberal. now i think i feel like. john always tries to keep a smile on my face i'm also she says is you can't wear down an x. by slicing bananas. in other words anything is possible with a bit of willpower and not something that god names appear to have an ample supply no matter how obvious the task. george and his assistant of now being the dom saying in that truck for hours.

through it i like my job. i was just in a pod on. my desktop i had a drug that i could write and driving since i was young. when i was 12 i could already drive been the gonna vote mccain a fossil i republished molly nigeria easy area. all these years of driving have taught george patience lots of it especially when it comes to crossing borders. about this that we have to go and check in. georgia 2 sisters don't arrive in a flower a town on the border with togo. to . evolve if you like the

customs officers will check the goods. they want to check that stuff hasn't gone off and make people say if it was like there. was some level but. george takes his place among the hundreds of other trucks waiting to be inspected some of been stuck here for weeks the customs officers work at their own pace as drivers wait patiently. along it may take everything will get to where it needs to go to get. back into cocoa plantation jeff is also preparing to go to tokyo he's located much closer to the border and so he's making the journey on foot. with the full if you

look really good little you know. such as. these are the last few bags full i'm going across the border and it's m c if a for next that's a currency managed in the village i want to go to i needed that is that i'm taking the last few bags to say. this year the quality of the cocoa isn't good it will be spoiled or the rain that ruined all the cocoa that's a cool so that. these cocoa beans and good enough to be sold to khanaqin buyers but in tokyo jeff knows a trader who doesn't scrutinise goods to foreign aid. he . said he loved it and i'm not sure i'm the religious or an hour's walk away carrying the cocoa on our heads that. this is when we arrive at the border we'll

cross or don't head to the front. for the carriers it's a fall from gentle stroll. around 30 kilos on my hands. so as i walked out i thought of this another little riff that marks the water that i may not have crossed the border between are gonna do ago and now we're in total misery once you cross it you're into it with the world so now i've made it and i just see. oil gold and other mineral resume says could make ghana one of the world's fastest growing economies. instead it's gone iran's described their country as a sick child. who has only recovered because of the tenacity of its workforce.

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