A Photography Journal of Emerging Challenges

Agbogbloshie, Ghana: Men are burning cables in the open to recover the copper materials inside. It had rained heavily, and the man in the black shirt is keeping himself warm as he waits for his copper wires. © 2019 Muntaka Chasant

Hazardous child labour: A 12 years old boy carries a cathode-ray tube-based TV on the head. He used a hammer to break it apart for the iron materials inside. An estimated 152 children worldwide between 5 and 17 years are in child labour. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant

A 'burner boy' holding freshly recovered copper wires and smoking a cigarette at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. Agbogbloshie 'burner boys' use styrofoam packaging and scrap tires as fuel to burn insulated copper wires in the open to reclaim the copper materials inside. This is a major source of air pollution Accra, Ghana's capital city. © 2019 Muntaka Chasant

Sad Man Thinking Photo: Urban poor man thinking in Accra, Ghana. Many young Africans, who have no education, flee hunger and poverty in rural areas to live in urban slums, where their situations are further worsened by lack of basic sanitation, housing, and other essential services. Over 40% of the youth between 15 – 35 in Ghana have no education. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant

Child Poverty: Smiling Kwadwo Michael is a 7 years old urban poor who lives on the fringes of Agbogbloshie, Ghana. He uses his bare hands and stones to break apart e-waste for the precious metals inside, exposing himself to heavy metals such as lead, mercury, cadmium, and arsenic. Worldwide, 73 million children between 5 and 17 years are in hazardous child labour, according to the ILO. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant

Child labour image: A 15-year-old boy engaged in hazardous child labour is using his bare hands to dig into a mixture of dirt and small metals, including rusty nails. He is sifting dirt from the metals before selling them at $0.15 per kilo at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. An estimated 73 million children worldwide aged 5-17 works are in dangerous working conditions, according to ILO statistics. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant

Urban Poverty: Poor Woman Crying Photo in Accra, Ghana. Around 55% of women in Ghana are in informal employment in urban areas. More than 46% of women in Ghana did not attend school because their families did not allow schooling, according to a 2016 report by the Ghana Statistical Services. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant

Fish smoking in Ghana: A woman uses metal drum kilns to smoke tuna fish in Accra, Ghana. Using traditional kilns to smoke fish exposes fish smokers to substances such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), fine particles, and carbon monoxide. PAHs are known carcinogens and have been linked to skin, lung, and several other cancers. Copyright © 2020 Muntaka Chasant

African man working and smoking photo. Thousands of young people with no education flee rural hunger and poverty to cities in search of economic opportunities every year in Ghana. Many end up in urban slums, where they lack basic sanitation and other essential services such as safe water and healthcare. Over 40% of people between 15 – 35 in Ghana have no education, according to a Ghana Statistical Services report. © 2019 Muntaka Chasant

Fisheries and climate change: A poor fisherman gets ready to cast his net — once again — over the Amisa Lagoon in Ghana after repeated attempts without a single catch. Ocean warming is altering marine fish productivity and distribution. This has increased the incidence of poverty among small-scale fishers in Ghana. Copyright © 2020 Muntaka Chasant

Finding Aluminium

Coming Soon: The Truth About Ghana’s Cocoa

Ongoing Project: Snakebite Envenoming

Ongoing Project: Urban Injustce

Ongoing Project: Women on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis

Coming Soon: Hazardous Cookware Source Materials

Ongoing Project: A Boxing Ethnography

Ongoing: Snakebite Survivors

Coming Soon: Punishing the Urban Poor: Emerging Trends

Coming Soon: Changing Landscapes/Biodiversity Loss

Ongoing Project: Snakebite Survivors

Coming Soon: Wetlands and People (A Long-Term Project)

Ongoing: Spatial Injustice

Coming Soon: Wetlands and People (A Long-Term Project)

Dandora, Kenya

Ongoing Project: Biodiversity Loss (Mangrove Degradation)

Ongoing: A Boxing Ethnography

Ongoing: Snakebite Survivors

Ongoing Project: Wildlife and Changing Habitats

Street Photography: Tokyo, Japan

Coming Soon: Environmental Impacts of the Fashion Industry

Coming Soon: Environmental Impacts of “Fast Fashion”

Ongoing Project: Wildlife and Changing Habitats

Hazardous Child Labour

Ongoing: A Boxing Ethnography

Ongoing Project: Climate Change and Fisheries

Ongoing: Urban Struggles

Ongoing: A Boxing Ethnography

Ongoing: Hazardous Child Labour

Coming Soon: Changing Landscapes

Coming Soon: Wetlands and People

Ongoing: Risky Livelihoods

Wildlife and Changing Habitats

Coming Soon: Changing Landscapes

Coming Soon: Changing Landscapes/Biodiversity Loss

Child labour image: A 15-year-old boy engaged in hazardous child labour is using his bare hands to dig into a mixture of dirt and small metals, including rusty nails. He is sifting dirt from the metals before selling them at $0.15 per kilo at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. An estimated 73 million children worldwide aged 5-17 works are in dangerous working conditions, according to ILO statistics. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant

Ongoing: Hazardous Child Labour

Ongoing: Young Women On the Frontlines of Urban Poverty

Coming Soon: Life on Earth

Coming Soon: Changing Landscapes

SELECTED INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

People

Working In The Rain Photos

I have done several shootings in the rain over the years, but these are a few that have had an impact on me for sometime now. Also Check out This Crucial Article & Documentary Leave your comment below and let me know what you think about these struggling urban men. Copyright © 2019 Muntaka Chasant

SELECTED INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

Tear Sheets

The Guardian

Het Financieele Dagblad

The Guardian

Food & Agribusiness

Het Financieele Dagblad

The Guardian

US Department of Labor

The Guardian

BBC

New Scientist

The Guardian

The Sun

Le Grand Continent

Disegno Journal

Yale Climate Connections

The Guardian

Le Figaro Magazine

La Vie

The Times

Valeurs Actuelles

The Guardian

The Africa Report

The Guardian

The Mirror

The Guardian

iFeng

Jeune Afrique

The Irish Sun

People’s Daily

Business AM Belgium

People’s Daily

The Guardian

BBC

The Guardian

Het Financieele Dagblad

2020 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor

New Scientist

France Info TV

The Guardian

The Guardian

Valeurs Actuelles

The Mirror

The Guardian

Het Financieele Dagblad

Disegno Journal

The Guardian

Le Figaro Magazine

Yale Climate Connections

The Guardian

People’s Daily

The Irish Sun

BBC

Food & Agribusiness

The Guardian

Jeune Afrique

The Times

The Guardian

New Scientist

Het Financieele Dagblad

The Sun

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