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Ghana’s Tech Dump: The Untold Story

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Carl De Keyzer Food vendors at the Agbogbloshie e-waste dumpsite in Accra. Agbogbloshie, Accra, Ghana. 2016. © Carl De Keyzer | Magnum Photos
Carl De Keyzer A man in the Agbogbloshie e-waste dumpsite in Accra poses for the camera as behind him, workers strip a truck for spare parts. Agbogbloshie, Accra, Ghana. 2016. © Carl De Keyzer | Magnum Photos
Carl De Keyzer Ghana. Accra. Agbogbloshie. 2016. Men scavenging for parts at the Agbogbloshie e-waste dumpsite in Accra. © Carl De Keyzer | Magnum Photos
Carl De Keyzer Toxic plumes of smoke billow over a vehicle recycling area of Agbogbloshie, the second largest e-waste processing area in West Africa. Recyclers at the dump burn cabling to reclaim strips of copper (...)
Carl De Keyzer A man selling computer monitors reclaimed from the Agbogbloshie e-waste dumpsite cuddles his son. Agbogbloshie in Accra is the second largest e-waste processing area in West Africa. Agbogbloshie, A (...)
Carl De Keyzer Ghana. Accra. Agbogbloshie. 2016. Washing strung up between shacks at the Agbogbloshie e-waste dumpsite in Accra. © Carl De Keyzer | Magnum Photos
Carl De Keyzer Reclaimed parts being weighed at Agbogbloshie e-waste dumpsite. Agbogbloshie, Accra, Ghana. 2016. © Carl De Keyzer | Magnum Photos
Carl De Keyzer Money changing hands at Agbogbloshie, the second largest e-waste processing area in West Africa. Agbogbloshie, Accra, Ghana. 2016. © Carl De Keyzer | Magnum Photos
Carl De Keyzer Muslim workers praying and sleeping inside the Agbogbloshie Mosque. Agbogbloshie, Accra, Ghana. 2016. © Carl De Keyzer | Magnum Photos
Carl De Keyzer A Nigerian migrant worker extracting the silver from the contact lining of a computer keyboard at the Agbogbloshie e-waste dumpsite in Accra. Agbogbloshie, Accra, Ghana. 2016. © Carl De Keyzer | Magnum Photos
Carl De Keyzer Ghana. Accra. Agbogbloshie. 2016. The shells of various pieces of electronic equipment at the Agbogbloshie e-waste dump in Accra. Old equipment is broken down by hand and stripped of anything which (...)
Carl De Keyzer Ghana. Accra. Agbogbloshie. 2016. Men sit under an umbrella at the Agbogbloshie e-waste dump in Accra. © Carl De Keyzer | Magnum Photos
Carl De Keyzer Ghana. Accra. Agbogbloshie. 2016. A man at the Agbogbloshie e-waste dumpsite in Accra unscrews a cd-drive to extract the recyclable components inside it. © Carl De Keyzer | Magnum Photos