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...... Akosombo Brochure

• BROKENSHA, David (ed.) - Volta Resettlement: ethnographic notes on some of the Southern areas. Legon: University of Ghana, 1962
  Gives the ethnic and geographic background of the inhabitants of the southern parts of the Volta Basin namely East & West Akwamu, and South Afram prior to the creation of the dam and lake.
• CHAMBERS, Robert (ed.)  -  The Volta Ressettlement Experience..     London:  Pall Mall Press, 1970 ISBN 269 025979
  A collection of papers presented at a symposium held at the University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana in March 1965. Except the 1st and last chapters, these were authored by persons directly involved in the settlement operation of the Volta River Project.
• DIAW, Kofi.   -  Effects of Volta Lake Resettlement in Ghana - a Reappraisal after 25 years. Hamburg: Institute für Afrika-Kunde, 1990 ISBN 3-923519-91-5
  The Volta River Project embodied a vision - to form the cornerstone of Ghana's industrialisation. Books written on the benefits and beneficiaries of the project are more often than not silent on its victims - inhabitants of the Volta basin affected by the lake. To them, the dream of a brighter future for the nation has turned into a nightmare. This is the focus of the work.
• DOKYI, Gilbert Ohene.  -  Electricity as basic infrastructure for regional development.  Proceeding of the seminar on Economic Development of the Volta Region  - December 5-9, 1983.
  In: Volta Region: plans, projects and prospects.  Edited by N.D. Sodzi (1986), p.16-19.
  Gives reasons for delay of power from Akosombo Dam to the people of Volta Region who have borne the burnt of ecological damage arising from the construction of the Dam and suggests a rapid socio-economic transformation of the Region.
• FREEMAN, Peter.  -  The Environmental Impact of a Large Tropical Reservoir; guidelines for impact assessment based upon a case study of Lake Volta, Ghana in 1973 and 1974. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute, 1974
  Costly environmental impacts are known to have resulted from the impoundment of tropical river systems. This has led some to conclude that such projects produce more costs than benefits. But for developing countries poorly endowed with alternative sources of energy there is little choice other than Hydropower. Nevertheless, the adverse impacts should be minimised. The study was to develop an empirical base of information from which guidelines could be evolved to this end.
• HART, David.  - The Volta River Project: a case study in politics and technology.
  Edinburgh: Edinburgh Univ. Press, 1980 ISBN 0 85224 366
  The estimates of the project were greatly underestimated such that Ghana's economy is still heavily burdened by the true costs of the scheme. The work therefore cautions promoters of such future schemes to take a broader and more realistic view of costs and less optimistic view of the benefits. It suggests benefits must be conceived more in terms in terms of flood control, irrigation, lake productivity and economic diversification than in the production of electric power.
• KALISTI, E.A.K.  -  Volta Lake in relation to the human population and some issues in economics and management..   In:  Man-made lakes:  their problems and environmental effects.
  Edited by W. C. Ackermann, Washington D.C., 1973, p. 77- 85.
  Deals with the soci-economic aspects of Volta Lake.
• MOXON, James - Volta, Man's Greatest Lake. Revised Ed. London: Andre Deutsch, 1984. ISBN 233 977171
  Gives the historical background, planning, financing and building of the Dam and hydroelectric plant on the Volta River at Akosombo. This revised edition updates the story to December 1983.
• NKRUMAH, Kwame.   -   The Volta River Project: Statement by Osagyefo the President delivered to the National Assembly in February 1961. Accra: Ghana Information Services, 1961
  Seeks to justify the need for the Project as a means to accelerate industrialisation. Europe, America, Canada, Russia etc. all emerged as industrialised nations as a result of the invention of power and Ghana has the potential for this in the form of hydro power
• OBENG, Leticia E. (ed.).  -  Man-made lakes: the Accra Symposium. Accra: Ghana Universities Press, 1969
  A collection of papers presented at a symposium held in Accra in November 1966 by scientists representing governments, universities, institutions, international agencies etc. from all 5 continents. Topics covered include water chemistry, meteorology, seismology, public health, wildlife and recreation and how these are affected by man-made lakes.
• PREPARATORY COMMISSION.  -  Volta River Project: Report of the Preparatory Commission. Vol. 1-3. London: HMSO, 1956
  This is a feasibility study carried out on the project by the Commission to advance the planning of the scheme as a whole to a stage where a decision could be made whether it should be undertaken.
• TSIKATA, Fui (ed.)  -  Essays from Ghana-Valco Re-negotiations, 1982-85. Accra: Ghana Publishing Corporation, 1986. ISBN 9964-90-120-8
  Essays on insights & informal discussions among members of Ghana Government Negotiating Team following the conclusion of a broad set of new terms under the Master Agreement and some Scheduled Contracts with the Volta Aluminium Company (Valco), operators of the Aluminium Smelter in Tema.
  Subject Index of Bibliographic information available on the Volta River Project