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Modern Ghana
Akosombo's Enduring Legacy: The Volta River Project and the Forging of Ghana's Industrial Destiny
- Kwame Nkrumah
- Akosombo Dam
- Volta River Authority
- Lake Volta
- VALCO
- Hydroelectric Power
- Industrialization
- Resettlement
- Tema
- Ghana's First Republic
- Volta Basin
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Chapter 1
The Dream of a Nation: Pre-Independence Visions and the Volta River Project's Genesis
Explores the early proposals and colonial-era studies for harnessing the Volta River, culminating in the project's adoption as a cornerstone of Nkrumah's independent Ghana's development strategy.
Sources & References
- Kitson, Albert E. (1925). Report on the Volta River. Gold Coast Geological Survey.
- Tsikata, Dzodzi. (2006). Living in the Shadow of the Large Dams: Long Term Responses of Downstream and Lakeside Communities of Ghana's Volta River Project. Brill.
- Miescher, Stephan F. (2014). "Nkrumah's Baby": the Akosombo Dam and the Dream of Development in Ghana, 1952-1966. Water History, 6(4).
- Gyau-Boakye, P. (2001). Environmental Impacts of the Akosombo Dam and Effects of Climate Change on the Lake Levels. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 3(1).
- Hart, David. (1980). The Volta River Project: A Case Study in Politics and Technology. Edinburgh University Press.
- Nkrumah, Kwame. (1961). I Speak of Freedom: A Statement of African Ideology. Heinemann.
- Hilton, T. E. (1966). The Volta Resettlement Project. Journal of Tropical Geography, 24.
