Agbogbloshie



The population of Agbogbloshie consists of economic migrants from northern and rural parts of Ghana, where living standards are growing worse, causing people to move to urban settings, such as Agbogbloshie. Conditions may not be significantly better, but making a living is easier.

Inhabitants of Agbogbloshie live, eat, work and relieve themselves on the land and amongst the waste.

Children who are able to attend school often spend every evening and weekend processing waste searching for metals.

Dwellings are wooden shacks that lack water and sanitation.

The area is also home to armed robbers, prostitutes, drug dealers and others involved in underground markets. Crime and disease run rampant throughout Agbogbloshie, creating an almost uninhabitable environment for humans.

Outsiders have nicknamed the area “Sodom and Gomorrah,” after two condemned Biblical cities, due to the harsh living conditions in Agbogbloshie.

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