Why Ghana Deliberately Flooded 3. 5% of Their Land
video description
Electricity is one of the key factors for the development of countries in Africa aside of transport.
Nevertheless there are also some dark shadows over this. Despite of being able to sustain the people of Ghana with a country wide supply of electricity, it-s many times completely shut off for the people inside Ghana. Because of the typical corruption in Africa Ghana has a huge amount of depths to pay and it-s been payed by selling the electricity to other countries. The same happens right now also in Zambia. For days the electricity is cut off for the own people because the depths of the form presidents.
Because of this the country cannot develop a proper infrastructure and instead fighting for survival. There is nearly no hope that the majority of the African countries would ever escape this circle of death.
Date: 2023-12-14
Related videos
Comments and reviews: 29
-iamnormal8648
0: 40 There are no countries that are beneath any country. Don't be a fool to think North is up or South is down. These are compass directions (ie. horizontal, not ups and downs (which are directions against and toward the pull of gravity respectively.
Africa is ok. Only if you judge Africa from your Eurocentric view you can see the differences. But for us Africans, life is great here.
Also stop using the phrase Sub-Saharan Africa. If you want to put a label on the parts South of the Sahara call them Green Africa.
reply
0: 40 There are no countries that are beneath any country. Don't be a fool to think North is up or South is down. These are compass directions (ie. horizontal, not ups and downs (which are directions against and toward the pull of gravity respectively.
Africa is ok. Only if you judge Africa from your Eurocentric view you can see the differences. But for us Africans, life is great here.
Also stop using the phrase Sub-Saharan Africa. If you want to put a label on the parts South of the Sahara call them Green Africa.
reply
-AdamMeredithMusic
- After most nations lacking the adequate technology to defend themselves, selling their rival tribesmen to European slave traders, and committing twice the amount of genocides as any other continent due to most countries being ran by unorganized war lords using disenfranchised youth to aimlessly murder eachother. most of Africa's countries became I dependent by the 1950s, 60s, and 70s
More appropriate intro
reply
- After most nations lacking the adequate technology to defend themselves, selling their rival tribesmen to European slave traders, and committing twice the amount of genocides as any other continent due to most countries being ran by unorganized war lords using disenfranchised youth to aimlessly murder eachother. most of Africa's countries became I dependent by the 1950s, 60s, and 70s
More appropriate intro
reply
-splinte111
whilst i agree that Europe forced borders onto Africa and that it was done too hastily i also think we can justify it considering the fact that there are over 3k ethnic groups and 2. 1k different languages. If we divided africa up by either of those 2 metrics we would have about 2. 3k or 3. 2k different countries instead of the 195 we currently have. GL getting anything done on the world stage.
reply
whilst i agree that Europe forced borders onto Africa and that it was done too hastily i also think we can justify it considering the fact that there are over 3k ethnic groups and 2. 1k different languages. If we divided africa up by either of those 2 metrics we would have about 2. 3k or 3. 2k different countries instead of the 195 we currently have. GL getting anything done on the world stage.
reply
-JustinTrudeau12
Can't do a video about africa without shitting on white people. Sad to hate your own people so much. Love how the Arab never get any flak for colonizing africa, only Europeans. don't mention how Arab militias have been committing genocide against the black natives in darfur for the last decade or anything
reply
Can't do a video about africa without shitting on white people. Sad to hate your own people so much. Love how the Arab never get any flak for colonizing africa, only Europeans. don't mention how Arab militias have been committing genocide against the black natives in darfur for the last decade or anything
reply
-wilson9113
Sacrificing 3. 5% of your land for 20% electric power produced might have seemed like a great deal at the time. Apparently, electric power consumption increased as the country became more industrialized. We as Africans need to think and plan far into the future and not be awed by the immediate benefits only
reply
Sacrificing 3. 5% of your land for 20% electric power produced might have seemed like a great deal at the time. Apparently, electric power consumption increased as the country became more industrialized. We as Africans need to think and plan far into the future and not be awed by the immediate benefits only
reply
-tomkelly8827
So what happens next? Solar rooftops? Wind? Geothermal or ocean thermal? Where does the next source of electricity come from? It looks like there is local demand as well as potential to export to neighbouring countries even more. Is Nuclear in the cards for Ghana? That takes less land.
reply
So what happens next? Solar rooftops? Wind? Geothermal or ocean thermal? Where does the next source of electricity come from? It looks like there is local demand as well as potential to export to neighbouring countries even more. Is Nuclear in the cards for Ghana? That takes less land.
reply
-bugsy220791
Something I-ve always wondered is, if for arguments sake a advance civilisation ruled earth before us and was wiped out, was it centralised in Africa and that-s why it has such rich natural resources, like deposits put there by pre humans, and over time buried crushed and such.
reply
Something I-ve always wondered is, if for arguments sake a advance civilisation ruled earth before us and was wiped out, was it centralised in Africa and that-s why it has such rich natural resources, like deposits put there by pre humans, and over time buried crushed and such.
reply
-JustinTrudeau12
The -arbitrary border- thing is very hypocritical of you because blaming the borders on the conflicts means Africans are so dumb they can't succeed and get along just because of an -arbitrary- border. good job trying to be woke you faux compassionate, self hating loser
reply
The -arbitrary border- thing is very hypocritical of you because blaming the borders on the conflicts means Africans are so dumb they can't succeed and get along just because of an -arbitrary- border. good job trying to be woke you faux compassionate, self hating loser
reply
-owenbenson7650
I lived by the Columbia River, Washington State. The Columbia River is almost completely damned. It was considered a great achievement, Now, reservoir-penstock system is known to be a much better system. Time to consider tearing down the damn and letting river flow.
reply
I lived by the Columbia River, Washington State. The Columbia River is almost completely damned. It was considered a great achievement, Now, reservoir-penstock system is known to be a much better system. Time to consider tearing down the damn and letting river flow.
reply
-LeftysLefty
It was very common back in the day to criticize the World Bank for saddling newly-independent African countries with expensive and inappropriate infrastructure projects. Very nice to see that one of these projects had a successful -and impressive - outcome
reply
It was very common back in the day to criticize the World Bank for saddling newly-independent African countries with expensive and inappropriate infrastructure projects. Very nice to see that one of these projects had a successful -and impressive - outcome
reply
-flexxfit
-After being conquered by Europeans- --- just stopped right there- stop trying to make imperialism sound like a game- slavery and colonialism is vile, and I for one wish the worst to happen to all perpetrators and their descendants- vile people
reply
-After being conquered by Europeans- --- just stopped right there- stop trying to make imperialism sound like a game- slavery and colonialism is vile, and I for one wish the worst to happen to all perpetrators and their descendants- vile people
reply
-rocko2268
Had to immediately stop the video after the intro. Apparently Realifelore has never heard of Carthage, the Milanese empire, Egypt with the bountiful Nile river. People just say whatever they want as facts nowadays.
reply
Had to immediately stop the video after the intro. Apparently Realifelore has never heard of Carthage, the Milanese empire, Egypt with the bountiful Nile river. People just say whatever they want as facts nowadays.
reply
-AlexanderLymar
I'm from South Africa and those figures are definitely wrong. Our electricity is absolutely terrible. We have constant loadshedding and our government keeps stealing funds from energy development projects. -
reply
I'm from South Africa and those figures are definitely wrong. Our electricity is absolutely terrible. We have constant loadshedding and our government keeps stealing funds from energy development projects. -
reply
-doesnotexist6524
A long coastline doesn't mean shit if it doesn't have decent harbors to build ports in. It also doesn't matter if the shore is too steep the efficiently move materials to the coast from the interior.
reply
A long coastline doesn't mean shit if it doesn't have decent harbors to build ports in. It also doesn't matter if the shore is too steep the efficiently move materials to the coast from the interior.
reply
reallifelore
Sadly it destroyed the wildlife in an enormous area. Of course, there are needs of electricities, but it's really necessary to rewild the wildlife in the area. It will help both wildlife and poeple.
reply
Sadly it destroyed the wildlife in an enormous area. Of course, there are needs of electricities, but it's really necessary to rewild the wildlife in the area. It will help both wildlife and poeple.
reply
-oseikingsley620
I'm Ghanaian. and I couldn't help but notice the pronunciation of President Nkrumah. it isn't Nikrumah rather it's pronounced Ink- kro - ma. I hope this helps. Thanks for the amazing video
reply
I'm Ghanaian. and I couldn't help but notice the pronunciation of President Nkrumah. it isn't Nikrumah rather it's pronounced Ink- kro - ma. I hope this helps. Thanks for the amazing video
reply
-luzellemoller6621
South africa has load shedding now there's a electrisity crisis beciace the government did nothing when the people warned them that in 5 years their would be a electricity crisis
reply
South africa has load shedding now there's a electrisity crisis beciace the government did nothing when the people warned them that in 5 years their would be a electricity crisis
reply
-saturnz428
I really liked this video, but I just wanted to point out that the Island Nation of Cabo Verde is the one with actually the highest access to electricity rate in West Africa (94, 2%.
reply
I really liked this video, but I just wanted to point out that the Island Nation of Cabo Verde is the one with actually the highest access to electricity rate in West Africa (94, 2%.
reply
-carlodefalco7930
Imagine any western country trying to do something like that today, maybe even Africa it would be difficult. all the environmentalists etc would be out there protesting.
reply
Imagine any western country trying to do something like that today, maybe even Africa it would be difficult. all the environmentalists etc would be out there protesting.
reply
-larrydtg2300
Funny how we Ghanaians in this era think we-re more civilized than past eras but videos from 1950s show how the streets were more clean than we in the -21st century---. smh
reply
Funny how we Ghanaians in this era think we-re more civilized than past eras but videos from 1950s show how the streets were more clean than we in the -21st century---. smh
reply
-arthurblack5328
This guy is obviously a Liberal lol. Blame White people and mother nature for Africa's current state lol. Anything but the people themselves I guess.
reply
This guy is obviously a Liberal lol. Blame White people and mother nature for Africa's current state lol. Anything but the people themselves I guess.
reply
-jayc526
Lucky for Ghana those white supremacist Americans invested in them to have a better life. Also it clearly didn't end up like a debt trap China style
reply
Lucky for Ghana those white supremacist Americans invested in them to have a better life. Also it clearly didn't end up like a debt trap China style
reply
-Gwdufsm
even with all the great resources the country is behind smh. every leader comes and go. sell promises. loot the countries national pocket. very sad
reply
even with all the great resources the country is behind smh. every leader comes and go. sell promises. loot the countries national pocket. very sad
reply
-waynes9275
Nationalize the foreign owned plant. That is why a country stays poor NO company will risk investing in a place if a country can just STEAL it.
reply
Nationalize the foreign owned plant. That is why a country stays poor NO company will risk investing in a place if a country can just STEAL it.
reply
reallifelore
The statistics used at the beginning of this video are so inaccurate, Uganda at 29%? Thats so wrong. Uganda is actually somewhere at 42%.
reply
The statistics used at the beginning of this video are so inaccurate, Uganda at 29%? Thats so wrong. Uganda is actually somewhere at 42%.
reply
-cullensmith7019
It's actually the electrolytic extraction that requires so much Electricity, not smelters. You could just use coal to heat a furnace.
reply
It's actually the electrolytic extraction that requires so much Electricity, not smelters. You could just use coal to heat a furnace.
reply
-mikweli
I am please speak to the people or follow some few Ghanaians online and ask some few questions. Your video has some errors. - by a Ghanaian
reply
I am please speak to the people or follow some few Ghanaians online and ask some few questions. Your video has some errors. - by a Ghanaian
reply
-budle89
They took loans to build a dam to power a company belonging to a US company?
Sounds familiar to what happened in Papua, Indonesia.
reply
They took loans to build a dam to power a company belonging to a US company?
Sounds familiar to what happened in Papua, Indonesia.
reply
-joshuamawuli434
But the river was already made of water. Are you counting the water that was blocked ad part of the area that was -flooded-?
reply
But the river was already made of water. Are you counting the water that was blocked ad part of the area that was -flooded-?
reply
Add a review, comment
Other channel videos
