Agbakla Amartey anofamba-famba nomujecha riri pedyo nomusha weTotope, Ghana, uye anonongedzera madziro ekongiri akanyura eimba.
"Iyi yaimbova kamuri yangu," Amartey anodaro pamusoro pekurovera kwemafungu eAtlantic Ocean achirova mahombekombe. "Ehe, iyi ingadai iri denga."
Totope, pane imwe nzvimbo inotsvedza kubva kuAda peninsula kumabvazuva kweAccra, guta guru reGhana, ndeimwe yenzvimbo makumi maviri nembiri dzemahombekombe dzinonzi nehurumende yeko dzinogona kumedzwa nenyanza mumakore mashoma anotevera. Mafungu ari kukwira anotyisidzirawo aimbova nhare dzevaranda izvo zviri kukwezva vashanyi vekuAmerica vachitsvaga nhaka yavo.
Murutivi rweGulf of Guinea kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweAfrica, vagari vemo vanoti kushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze ndiko kuri kukonzera kuparadza dzimba nemahombekombe. Vagadziri vemitemo nemasayendisiti vanoti network yemadziro egungwa inofanirwa kumisa kuparadzwa uye kuchengetedza indasitiri yekushanya yeGhana.
“Kunyange gore rino, Totope hatina chokwadi kuti ichavapo,” anodaro Israel Baako, mukuru mukuru weruwa rweAda.
Avhareji yemazinga egungwa akasimuka 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) pasi rose muzana remakore rechi20, maererano neUnited Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Mvura inogona kuenderera mberi imwe 18 kusvika 60 centimita ne2100, boka rinofungidzira.
Mhenderekedzo yeGhana yakadzikira inoita kuti ive panjodzi zvakanyanya anodaro Rudolph Kuuzegh, mukuru wehurumende yezvemamiriro ekunze, anofungidzira kuti gungwa rinoti 1 kusvika ku3 metres yenyika pagore.
Kunyangarika Village
Mazhinji enzvimbo makumi matatu nembiri dzemakoloni padyo nemhenderekedzo yeGhana 32-mamaira (335- kilometer) ari kukuvara, anodaro A.K. Armah, purofesa wezvegungwa paYunivhesiti yeGhana.
“Tinomira panjodzi yekurasikirwa nezvimwe zvacho,” anodaro. "Idzo dzakavakwa munzvimbo dzine kukurumidza kukurwa kwevhu."
Muzana remakore rechi15, maPutukezi akasvika panzvimbo yakazozivikanwa seGold Coast achitsvaka simbi dzinokosha, mhiripiri, nyanga dzenzou nevaranda. Vakapa nzira kune vatengesi veDutch neBritish, vakavaka kutengeswa kwevaranda pamhenderekedzo yekumadokero kweAfrica, izvo zvakazoendesa vanhu vanopfuura mamirioni gumi nemaviri muhusungwa, sekureva kweUN.
Ghana iri kushambadzira nhoroondo yayo senzvimbo yekutanga kune vazhinji vevaranda ivavo kukwezva vashanyi. Gore rakapera, vashanyi 497,000 vakauya kuGhana, vazhinji veAfrica-America vachiita rwendo rwekuenda kune yaimbova koloni yevaranda.
Hurumende inoti kushanya kwakaunza mamiriyoni mazana mapfumbamwe nemakumi masere nerimwe emadhora gore rapfuura, kana kuti chikamu chinosvika zvikamu zvitanhatu nemazana mashanu kubva muzana chemari inotengeswa munyika umo mari inotambirwa pagore inosvika mazana mashanu nemakumi maviri emadhora pamunhu.
Muranda Fort
Kune vakawanda, magumo erwendo rwavo anouya kuElmina. St. George's Castle, nhare yezana ramakore rechi 15 muguta rehove riri makiromita 90 kumadokero kweAccra, ndicho chivakwa chekaresa cheEuropean colonial muAfrica yekumaodzanyemba kweSahara.
Mauto echiPutukezi aive jeri rezviuru zvevanhu vemuAfrica, nzvimbo yekupedzisira yavakaona vasati vaendeswa kuAmerica sevaranda.
Zuva rimwe nerimwe chivako chakacheneswa nevhu jena, UN World Heritage Site, chinoshanyirwa nemapoka evashanyi vanotora mapikicha emugomba uye “musuo wepasina kudzoka” uko varanda vaibatwa nemaoko vaikandwa mungarava. Kunze, masaisai eAtlantic anomonerera kumadziro.
"Kana iwe uchida kuwedzera kushanya, unofanirwa kuchengetedza mahombekombe," Kuuzegh anodaro.
Imwe muenzaniso yekuchengetedza nhoroondo yenyika inogona kuwanikwa kuKeta, padyo nemuganhu neTogo.
Kuparadzwa kwemazana emisha muKeta kwakaita kuti hurumende ishandise mamiriyoni makumi masere nemana emadhora kudzivirira mafungu, akadaro Edward Kofi Ahiabor, mukuru mukuru wedunhu.
Granite Breakwaters
Mapoka egranite manomwe anopinda mugungwa akabatsira kuwanazve nzvimbo iyo mhuri 300 dzakanga dzatamiswa. Iyo purojekiti, yakapedzwa muna 2004, inosanganisirawo madziro maviri egranite anodzivirira Fort Prinzenstein, nzvimbo yekutengeserana yezana ramakore rechi 18.
Akorli James-Ocloo, mutungamiriri wevashanyi panhare, akanga ari mumwe weavo vaifanira kutamira mukati menyika kuti vararame.
"Imba yemhuri yangu yaimbovapo," akadaro, achikwira mudhuri wenhare unoputsika kuti aratidze boka remagwa ehove aivhuvhuta nemasaisai mazana emamita kumahombekombe. “Gungwa rakaparadza imba yedu, saka takatamira kuguta.”
Zvichakadaro, UN yakapa mari 300,000-euro ($469,000) chirongwa chekuvaka patsva Accra's Ussher Fort, iyo inogara museum inotaura nezvekutengeswa kwenhapwa.
Hurumende iri kuronga mumwe mudhuri wekuchengetedza Totope.
Mutsara wemamiriyoni makumi mana emaeuro emvura yekongiri inoputika ichatsausa mafungu nejecha pamuromo weRwizi Volta uye kuchengetedza dzimba dzevanhu zviuru makumi mashanu mumakiromita gumi nemana emahombekombe, anodaro Abubakar Saddique Boniface, gurukota rezvemvura.
Chinguvana Solution
Kunyangwe mapurojekiti ekupedzisira ekuchengetedza ivhu anongova mhinduro yechinguvana kana nyika ikasagadzirisa dambudziko rekudziya kwepasi, Kuuzegh anodaro.
"Rusvingo rwekudzivirira kwegungwa, mukufamba kwenguva, haruzomiri mumuedzo wenguva," anodaro.
KuTotope, Amartey, muongorori wenhamba weBazi Rezvokudya Nekurima, anotendeuka kubva mumatongo emusha wemhuri yake uye anokanda ziso kugungwa returquoise, uko murume ari kugeza, uye anofunga nezvebasa riri mberi.
"Idzi dzaive dzimba dzevanhu dzaive mamaira kubva kugungwa," anodaro. "Zvichange zvakaoma, asi mamiriro ezvinhu anotoda."
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