Ghana’s Electric Dreams
Presents rural people’s struggle for electrification
Ghana’s Electric Dreams
Presents rural people’s struggle for electrification
Ghana’s Electric Dreams
Presents rural people’s struggle for electrification
This episode of Ghana’s Electric Dreams features residents of two rural communities who share their experiences of “waiting for light.” Since the completion of the Akosombo Dam in 1965, some Ghanaians have waited for decades for the promised “electricity for all.” The film visits residents of Besease and Hweehwee, small towns in the Eastern Region of the country, who eagerly share their stories. They explain how communities organized to get connected to the power grid, and how electricity impacted men and women very differently. Dr. Rose Mensah-Kutin, gender advocate and journalist, explains the complexities and contradictions of this ambitious development project. Her wry analysis provides a political lens through which to understand how rural people strive to improve their living standards with the modernizing power of electrification.
This episode of Ghana’s Electric Dreams features residents of two rural communities who share their experiences of “waiting for light.” Since the completion of the Akosombo Dam in 1965, some Ghanaians have waited for decades for the promised “electricity for all.” The film visits residents of Besease and Hweehwee, small towns in the Eastern Region of the country, who eagerly share their stories. They explain how communities organized to get connected to the power grid, and how electricity impacted men and women very differently. Dr. Rose Mensah-Kutin, gender advocate and journalist, explains the complexities and contradictions of this ambitious development project. Her wry analysis provides a political lens through which to understand how rural people strive to improve their living standards with the modernizing power of electrification.
This episode of Ghana’s Electric Dreams features residents of two rural communities who share their experiences of “waiting for light.” Since the completion of the Akosombo Dam in 1965, some Ghanaians have waited for decades for the promised “electricity for all.” The film visits residents of Besease and Hweehwee, small towns in the Eastern Region of the country, who eagerly share their stories. They explain how communities organized to get connected to the power grid, and how electricity impacted men and women very differently. Dr. Rose Mensah-Kutin, gender advocate and journalist, explains the complexities and contradictions of this ambitious development project. Her wry analysis provides a political lens through which to understand how rural people strive to improve their living standards with the modernizing power of electrification.