In November 1998, the government demolished the colonial abattoir in Accra. It was declared an environmental hazard since it stood close to the place where all of Accra’s faecal matter gets dumped. The demolition was to justify a $4.3 million grant from the Canadian International Development Agency. A new abattoir was built shortly after but several miles away from the old one. This new abattoir is a white elephant. But more than half of all meat consumed in Accra is from animals slaughtered on the beach where the old abattoir used to stand.
Exposition Panafricaine
Musée National du Mali
Nana Kofi Acquah (Ghana)
The Slaughter Boys, 2011
