We Were Once Three Miles from the Sea
Summary
The landscape shows a ruined village on a beach by the sea. In the foreground are walls from dwellings without roofs. In the top right corner we see the blue see and above is a grey sky with dark clouds. There are a number of people in the picture in the distance sweeping and a woman in a blue and white dress near the centre of the composition who is sweeping drift wood. Photograph taken in Totope, Ada Foah, Ghana. "We were once three miles from the sea" - depicts the fishing village of Totope which is disappearing as the encroaching sea and worsening coastal erosion bury villagers' homes in sand.
Object Name
We Were Once Three Miles from the Sea
Creators Name
Date Created
2010-2011
accession number
2014.25
Collection Group
Place of creation
Totope
Support
paper
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