Accra, GHA

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Lanoo, Julien ‎ [photographer.]

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Computer filePublication details: urbanNext, April 21, 2020.Description: 15 slidesISSN:

2575-5374

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Summary: Jamestown, one of the oldest districts of Accra, is a community with a very strong identity. Its history begins with the erection of James fort by the British in 1673 and, in time, it emerged as the first man-made harbor on the coast. Located on the Gulf of Guinea, the district carries the history of its colonial past and of a dense mixture of commercial and residential uses.

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Accra (3) ,
Urban mobility (144) ,
Survey (228) ,
Poverty line (38) ,
Photography (217) ,
Photographic Atlas of the Cities (210) ,
Local economy (42) ,
Lack of Urban Health (16) ,
Insight into the Terrain (23) ,
Harborfront (13)

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Computer Files	urbanNext-Actar		Available

africanCities, Julien Lanoo, Middle Density, Politics and economics, Survey, Territory and mobility

Accra, Africa, African Cities, African Public Realm, africanCities, Cities & Middle Density, Ghana, Harborfront, Insight into the Terrain, Lack of Urban Health, Local economy, Photographic Atlas of the Cities, Photography, Poverty line, Survey, Urban mobility

Text by Joana Lazarova.

Jamestown, one of the oldest districts of Accra, is a community with a very strong identity. Its history begins with the erection of James fort by the British in 1673 and, in time, it emerged as the first man-made harbor on the coast. Located on the Gulf of Guinea, the district carries the history of its colonial past and of a dense mixture of commercial and residential uses.

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