beingawake:

The Volta River flows through Ghana and Lake Volta, the largest reservoir in the world. There is a tiny town at the mouth of the Volta River called Ada Foah.  One early morning during my visit to Ada two adolescent boys offered to take me down the river in their dug-out canoe.  We rowed slowly, every little while passing a larger boats, painted colorfully with names inscribed on the side like, ‘In God’s Hands.’

When we neared the river mouth we passed a tiny village that was literally going under water.  Water lapped at the little thatched homes, sand bags and makeshift barriers were built.  

‘The sea is rising,’ one of the boys began to explain to me, ‘pushing this village out because God is Angry.  God is angry with all the wrongdoings that people have done throughout the world and that is why the sea is rising and pushing this little village out.’

And as I thought to try and explain global warming to them, I stopped, because in some deeply illustrative way, they had already explained it to me.

People of Ada. Volta Region, Ghana. August, 2009 by Rebecca Thom

1. leaking-gasket reblogged this from generalek
2. generalek reblogged this from myheartisinafrica
3. dreadedwarrior liked this
4. liveepurplee liked this
5. afr0centric liked this
6. livinlifetodfullest reblogged this from malota4eva
7. malota4eva reblogged this from gwumah and added:

   The simple things

8. malota4eva liked this
9. safarieastafrica reblogged this from myheartisinafrica
10. inspiretoexpire reblogged this from myheartisinafrica
11. myheartisinafrica reblogged this from beingawake
12. tinycage reblogged this from beingawake
13. whattheoceankeeps reblogged this from beingawake
14. thomas47bra liked this
15. nzma liked this
16. bossniggatez reblogged this from beingawake
17. gwumah reblogged this from ghanailoveyou
18. photographybyronterner liked this
19. fleetingthoughts reblogged this from warriorsrise
20. tobycele reblogged this from ghanailoveyou
21. as-it-should-be liked this
22. vssmcef reblogged this from beingawake
23. bllyre liked this
24. awuralovex reblogged this from beingawake
25. kookiemonsterxo reblogged this from amakathenigerian
26. fantigirlonaquest reblogged this from ghanailoveyou
27. allthingsare-one liked this
28. osweetspoontaneous reblogged this from ghanailoveyou and added:

    But God, Volta is so beautiful.

29. umm-abideen12 reblogged this from abdidahir
30. whyvoneenee liked this
31. neezybreezy reblogged this from abdidahir
32. starsofwisdom liked this
33. fearthefall reblogged this from ghanailoveyou
34. wanderingandfound liked this
35. myheartisinafrica liked this
36. disgirlslife reblogged this from warriorsrise
37. dangercurls reblogged this from ghanailoveyou
38. themindislimitless liked this
39. abdidahir reblogged this from ibethatlioness
40. themindislimitless reblogged this from warriorsrise
41. luxury-coffee30 liked this
42. razzcoolkid reblogged this from amakathenigerian
43. beautifulsensations liked this
44. amakathenigerian reblogged this from mypurpleseptember
45. hichkas liked this
46. warriorsrise liked this
47. warriorsrise reblogged this from ghanailoveyou
48. theroguespaceship reblogged this from ghanailoveyou
49. mypurpleseptember reblogged this from ghanailoveyou
50. pinacoladaicecream reblogged this from ghanailoveyou
51. Show more notesLoading...