Canoes packed after work at Elmina
2025 Elmina, Ghana
Painted wooden fishing canoes, flying an assortment of flags, crowd the Benya Lagoon at Elmina after the day's catch has been brought ashore, a scene typical of this longstanding Ghanaian fishing town.
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