Documentation of fishing practices among the Dwang
  
      The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide for the documentation of endangered languages and knowledge. Grantees create audiovisual collections with transcription and translations of endangered languages and practices. These collections are preserved and made freely available through the Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR).
            This project proposes to document practices related to fishes (including catching, processing, marketing and consumption) among the Dwang communities who inhabit the south of the Volta Lake. Dwang belongs to the northern branch of the Central Guang branch of the Kwa family. Their traditional occupations are fishing and farming, although fishing by natives practically came to halt when a hydro-electric dam was built in 1966, creating the Volta Lake, which is the world's largest reservoir by surface area. The reasons for the decline in fishing are not clear. The people insist that they haven't lost their expressions related fishing activities.
Primary investigator: James Essegbey
          
                      
                  Project Details
            Location:              Ghana,               Western Africa,               Africa
            Organiser(s):
              Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
                          Project partner(s): University of Florida
            
            Funder(s):
              Arcadia
                          Funding received: £7,476.00
            
                          Commencement Date: 01/2009
            
                          Project Status: Completed
                      
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